Image: Rieder Stadtball
Image: Rieder Stadtball
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Around 1,500 guests celebrated a “new edition” of the Ried city ball at the old place of work in the Jahnturnhalle on Saturday evening. After a four-year break, partly due to the corona pandemic, the Round Table 31 Ried ball took place again.
“We were quite nervous and tense because we didn’t know exactly how well the ball would be received after a break of several years. In addition, the concept was changed a little with the new location,” says Philipp Roitinger, President of Round Table Ried. The conclusion is “very positive”. “We are pleased that we have succeeded in leading the traditional Ried city ball into a new era,” says Roitinger. The Jahnturnhalle was the “home” of the city ball from 1995 to 2009, after which it moved to exhibition halls 18 and 19. “Ried connects the entire region. Such a city ball is a central element that brings many people to Ried to celebrate together celebrate,” said Ried’s mayor Bernhard Zwielehner (ÖVP) in an interview with TV1 Upper Austria.
Image: Rieder Stadtball
Nothing has changed in the fact that the net proceeds from the event go to children and families in need in the region. During the ball, a check for 8,000 euros was handed over to 13-year-old Lara and her parents.
The cheerful girl went blind at the age of five. The money will go a long way toward financing a guide dog for the girl from Sankt Florian am Inn. The acquisition costs are around 30,000 euros. Poodle dog Gina is currently being trained at a guide dog school in Burgenland, and the dog will soon be moving in with the student’s family in St. Florian.
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“I’m really looking forward to Gina”
Gina will always accompany the girl as a certified guide dog for the blind, who is also registered on her disability card. “I’m really looking forward to Gina. I can go for walks, play and cuddle with her,” said Lara in an interview with TV1 during her visit to the ball. “We are pleased that we can support this project for a family from the region. It is nice to know that Lara, who is such a warm girl, will become more independent again as a result,” says Roitinger.
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