What is “Glück in Dosen”?

 “Glück in Dosen” literally translated means happiness in cans. The project has been taking place at the ROCKHARZ Festival since 2013 and is a deposit donation campaign that was launched in collaboration with the Rotaract Club Clausthal-Zellerfeld. This heartfelt campaign aims to support children and youth projects in the region and is now run as a registered non-profit organization.

The Rotaract volunteers have been a constant at the campsite for years and are not only expected there by the metal fans on their tours of the festival grounds, but increasingly it is the visitors themselves who actively approach the helpers and willingly give their empties to the campaign leave behind.

With the “Glück in Dosen” campaign, almost 350,000 euros have been handed over and donated to regional youth work in recent years. A special thank you goes to all the helpers and partners who make the project possible and, above all, to the ROCKHARZ fans who support us every year with great donations and donate their eagerly collected beverage cans. A total of over 1.3 million deposit cans have now been collected as part of the project.

“Glück in Dosen” 2024

Record revenues were achieved in 2022 with 50,000 euros and also in the anniversary year of 2023 with 70,000 euros. At this year’s ROCKHARZ 2024, the organizers, organizers and, last but not least, the fans willing to donate, not only managed to reach this benchmark, but also exceeded it again and achieved a new record with a donation total of 77,000 euros.

On Thursday, November 7th, the donation checks were handed over to the following institutions in the Schlosstheater Ballenstedt to use and support their social projects for children and young people:

YouthCamp (5.000 euros):

The YouthCamp is a weekend seminar for students from socially disadvantaged families, which is jointly organized by Rotaract, Rotary and Urlaubskinder e.V

Gymnasium Ballenstedt (9.000 euros):

The Wolterstorff-Gymnasium support association would like to completely renovate the basketball facility on the high school grounds because it is over 30 years old and no longer fully functional.

Youth group “JAKKK” of ASB Thale (9.000 euros):

In the youth group, children with special features of the autism spectrum should be able to test themselves and further develop their social skills in a safe environment.

Association “Heimatbewegen” (9.000 euros):

The association enables micro-funding for cooperative voluntary projects, campaigns and events for local alliances in Ballenstedt that are committed to the cultural education of our children and young people in the community.

Youth service church district “Harzer Land” (9.000 euros):

With the Konficup, the youth service organizes an annual fairness football tournament for around 100 young people from the region between the ages of 12 and 14 and enables Swedish camps during the summer holidays for young people aged 14 to 20 with young people from different social classes.ddienst church district.

Aktion Musik / local heroes e.V. (9.000 euros):

The association has been supporting children and young people in their musical development for over 30 years and enables children and young people to actively make music and rehearse professionally regardless of financial resources.

Harzwind e.V. (9.000 euros):

Harzwind is a riding club that is committed to the social, physical and mental support of people large and small through horses and would like to offer therapeutic work with horses, for example to the children’s home “Zur Tannenspitze” in Friedrichsbrunn.

SV “Germania 1928” Meisdorf e.V. (9.000 euros):

The traditional club would like to use the donations to further advance children’s sports and to enable young people to train more actively with more investments (e.g. new equipment for the sports field and hall).

SV Grün Weiß Rieder 47 e.V. (9.000 euros):

The club would like to build a multifunctional facility to give children and young people the opportunity to do sports outside of club sports times. In addition, youth camps and excursions should also be offered for children from low-income families.

Donation amounts from previous years:

• 2024: 77.000,00 €
• 2023: 70.000,00 €
• 2022: 50.004,00 €
• 2020 & 2021: Smaller actions during Corona
• 2019: 34.600,00 €
• 2018: 31.200,00 €
• 2017: 24.000,00 €
• 2016: 16.800,00 €
• 2015: 15.000,00 €
• 2014: 12.300,00 €
• 2013: 5.400,00 €

So if the cans pile up in your camp, put them in cans for luck. There you can not only win great prizes in a raffle, but you can also do something good.

You can find more information about “Glück in Dosen” here: http://www.rotaract-clz.de/projekte/glueck-in-dosen-rockharz/