Season's Greetings and a donation to MIELI Mental Health Finland
We wish you a warm and joyous holiday season and a happy New Year 2025! This Christmas we have continued our tradition of making a donation to MIELI Mental Health Finland to support their work for young people.
Christmas donation to MIELI Mental Health Finland
We have a tradition of making a Christmas donation to MIELI, the world’s oldest non-governmental organisation dedicated to mental health. With this year’s Christmas donation, we continue our support for MIELI and its important mission of promoting mental health, providing crisis support and preventing mental health issues. MIELI was originally chosen by the people of Krogerus as the charity for our Christmas donations. With the received Christmas donations, MIELI will organise peer support groups, provide help and support to young people through its Sekasin online chat, and provide training for professionals working with young people.
"Young people's mental health issues have increased due to several factors. The uncertainty of the future, fear of being left alone, pressure from school and concerns for livelihood as well as global problems, such as, the environmental crisis and the threat of war cause stress and take a toll on the younger generation's mental health. Right now, the increased amount of mental health issues presents serious problems to young people, but in the future, it will also have an impact on the national economy", says MIELI's Communications Director Liisa Partio.
"As public aid for NGO's is reducing, companies' support is even more important to secure the continuation of our operations. With the support of Krogerus and other companies, we will be able to continue to help young people who are struggling with their mental health and have a hard time finding hope for the future. A warm thank you on behalf of all the people who will be able to get help", continues Liisa Partio.
MIELI has helped people living in Finland through their life crises for over 120 years. MIELI offers crisis support through its 22 crisis centres, provides training to professionals working with children and adolescents, organises volunteer work, and participates actively in mental health-related public conversation. Visit MIELI's website to learn more.
The Art Patron collaboration in our Christmas Greeting
As another Christmas tradition of ours, the bespoke painting for our Christmas Greeting has been made through our Art Patron collaboration with art gallery Helsinki Contemporary. This year's art was made by artist Santeri Lehto, whose stylistic tools include unique minimalism. The surface-level simplicity of his work reflects the mystery of everyday life and existence.
Art Patron is Helsinki Contemporary's partnership model that aims to incorporate art with companies' business activities. Helsinki Contemporary focuses on distinguished contemporary art by emerging and established artists from Finland and abroad.
Bespoke acrylic on canvas by Santeri Lehto
Photo: Jussi Tiainen
Art Patron Krogerus x Helsinki Contemporary
Merry Christmas!
