On May 24, Andrei and Masha Kirilenko, with Foundation assistants Victoria and Tatiana, visited orphanage #8. Kirilenko’s Kids has been helping this orphanage since last summer. This trip was inspirited for two main reasons: to visit children and to meet with Neways managers. Neways is world wide company, who produces biodegradable formulas, products for personal care and household products. Thanks to the collaboration between Neways and Kirilenko’s Kids we have an opportunity to deliver these important and needed products to the orphanage. Foundation assistants and Neways managers spent about two hours with children, who need so much attention, discussed many items about future work. When everyone left the orphanage, it was full of energy and a desire to keep on working closely to make children’s lives in the orphanage better.

Kirilenko’s Kids had a party for children in the Cancer Center in Saint-Petersburg. It is extremely important to help children forget about their illness for a while. Treatments last for at least 6 month and they must stay almost all of this time in the hospital. They don’t have an opportunity to go to school or go out to the movies and theaters. We are happy that we can show them that they are not forgotten and that other people do care about them. The party we had for children in the Cancer Center made a lot of kids happy. Everyone had fun – children could play with clown and big alive toys (you will see them on pictures), dance, take a part in funny contests and could meet Andrei Kirilenko, who travelled to Saint-Petersburg to spend the day with the children and give them presents and medicine.

We will try to have these parties more often to help the children forget about their pain and terrible illness and to see smiles on their faces at least for a couple of hours.

Dear Jazz Fan.

My wife Masha, and I created Kirilenko's Kids Foundation as a way for us to give back to those in need in Utah and as a way for us to provide assistance in our native country Russia, by helping a children's orphanage, a children's cancer hospital, and other children needing help in Russia.