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For you and for us equally.
On the occasion of the 16th New Orleans Festival in Innsbruck,
Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol AG, UNIQA and Innsbrucker
Stadtmarketing had sent out invitations to the exclusive opening
at the congresspark igls. After the musical warm-up with Blues
KG, the festival’s star guest Gary Mr Clean-Head Brown – the
name refers to his well-tended bald head – and his band, Feelings,
really got the 600 plus guests in the mood. Real southern flair and
world-class music delighted the guests and everyone else. From
left to right: RLB management board director Reinhard Mayr, RLB
management board chairman Dr Hannes Schmid, festival co-
organiser Markus Linder, festival headliner Gary Brown and UNIQA
regional director Diego Reichstamm live on stage at the photo
shoot. More than 15,000 guests visited the New Orleans Festival
2014.
These 11 young Tyroleans from all corners of the
region embarked on their working lives in the
summer of 2014. They opted to train as bank clerks
at Raiffeisen and each received one of the sought-
after apprenticeship places. Dr Hannes Schmid
greeted the aspiring bankers at the commencement
of their training in Innsbruck (picture). The
apprenticeship lasts three years and may be taken
with or without the Austrian school-leaving certificate
(
Matura
). The Tyrolean Raiffeisen banks currently
offer places to 48 young people.
As part of its social sponsorship activities, Raiffeisen Capital
Management rewarded six projects in various parts of Austria
with 6,000 euros apiece. Two prizes went to Tyrol-based
projects: one to Caritas Integrationshaus Innsbruck for its
intensive course in the German language for young people
with an migrant background aged 15 and above, and one to
the Offenes Haus open-house day centre run by the Diakonie
Austria church-based social welfare organisation with
Olivier Dantine for up to 30 children from deprived families
in Hermannstadt, Romania. The cheque being handed over
(left to right): Marlies Hofer-Perktold (head of the finance and
controlling services department at the Innsbruck diocese),
Bishop Manfred Scheuer, RLB management board chairman
Dr Hannes Schmid and Josef Brandauer (RLB Tirol AG).
‘Your working life starts here’
Valuable projects rewarded
16. New Orleans Festival
50 years of Innsbruck diocese
Raiffeisen supported Innsbruck diocese’s 50th anniversary.
Numerous events were held during the anniversary year. A very
special highlight was the ‘pilgrimage to the cathedral’ campaign.
People from all over Tyrol cycled or walked along various routes to
Cathedral of St. James in Innsbruck in order to celebrate St James’
Day together with Bishop Manfred Scheuer. Under the slogan
‘Let’s make a pilgrimage’, Raiffeisen called for a pilgrimage by
bicycle. Around 100 participants, including many cyclists from the
Union Raiffeisen Radteam Tirol, answered the call. In front of the
Raiffeisenbank Kematen, Dr Hannes Schmid and the bank manager
Hubert Kuprian received the participants personally. Then the group
rode to the cathedral square in Innsbruck. They were welcomed
there by Bishop Manfred Scheuer and RLB management board
director. Reinhard Mayr (both in the foreground). Everyone who took
part received a certificate of pilgrimage.
