Tribute to the older generation
“The quarantine period is difficult for everyone, particularly for care and nursing establishments, which house elderly, sickly people. The coronavirus is particularly dangerous for them, thus we feel a duty and responsibility to help, we share protective equipment with those, who need it the most at the moment,” Švyturys-Utenos Alus and Carlsberg Baltic head Rolandas Viršilas says.
The company has gifted 500 respirators each to retirement homes in Utena and Klaipėda. According to R. Viršilas, the thought to supply these cities’ retirement homes with the lacking respirators arose naturally, with news emerging in the public domain that several retirement homes in Lithuania have become coronavirus hotspots. The countries suffering the most from the coronavirus pandemic in Europe have also reported large numbers of the elderly dying in namely such institutions.
“Our breweries were born and raised in Klaipėda and Utena, this is where our staff live, where their parents and grandparents live. By giving a sort of tribute to the communities of these regions, we are coming together and doing all we can to emerge from this pit as soon as possible and overcome this vicious virus,” R. Viršilas emphasises the importance of support for retirement homes.
Support for medics and vulnerable citizens
Švyturys-Utenos Alus is also actively contributing to supporting Lithuanian medics in both protective equipment and in the water and soft drinks it produces. The first support was supplied already in late March. From then on, the country’s treatment institutions – the Vilnius Santara Clinics, Kaunas, Šiauliai, Klaipėda and Utena hospitals – were supplied with 70 thousand units of water and other soft drinks. Another 90 thousand bottles of soft drink were provided to Maisto Bankas, which supports the impoverished citizens of the country. Utena medics were also gifted hundreds of respirators at the peak of the pandemic.
The company head is certain that during such all-encompassing disasters as the coronavirus pandemic, everyone must, to their capacities, contribute to improving the situation and responsibly uphold the rules of quarantine.
“From the very start of the quarantine, we have actively cooperated with Maisto Bankas and the National Volunteer Coordination Centre so that we would aid those, who are struggling the most right now: the socially supported and excluded, struggling families, the elderly, who live in remote areas. We hope that this contribution of ours will help at many as possible feel better,” R. Viršilas says.
According to him, during this challenging period, Švyturys-Utenos Alus looks to continue its support initiatives. The overall sum of aid supplied to vulnerable public groups and medics in this challenging period has already exceeded 100 thousand euro.
