A warm thank-you
In Anthroposophy Worldwide 12/2018, the treasurer sent out his annual appeal for a Christmas donation. By 23 January 300,000 Swiss Francs had arrived.
At the time of going to press, the Goetheanum Accounts department is working flat out on assessing all the amounts that have gone out and come in before the end of the year and on allocating the donations to the correct addresses. Only when all accounts have been assessed in order to separate 2018 correctly from the new year, will it be possible to present a reliable annual result. The auditors, who will scrutinize the result at the end of February, will then have the final word.
Gesture of support
But it is already clear that, following the basic presentation of finances in the summer (or in September by post) and the Christmas Appeal, more than 1500 members, most of them in Germany and Switzerland, but some also in other parts of the world, were able to support the Goetheanum with one or several donations in addition to their membership fees. At present, the figure for non-designated donations in 2018 is 800,000 Swiss Francs. What a relief for the treasurer! For only when enough people come together at the right moment, can the bridge from idea to deed be successfully built. A heart-felt thank you! The interest in Anthroposophy and in the work of the Goetheanum is tangible in this gesture of support.
Because of the varying ways the money was transferred it will take some time before a direct personal thank-you and a donation receipt will reach the individual members.