TRANSLATION"Since 2009, the THOIF (Tokio Hotel Official Italian Forum) substitute any gift to the band with a charity action that have donated more than 2.500€ from various institutions. These projects range from basic fundraising for earthquake victims in Abruzzo, to a collaboration with UNICEF, with which they have collected over 400€ by selling “Tokio-Pigotte” made by the same fans, with their idols style. Knowing the love for the animals of their idols (recently the Kaulitz twins have been the image of PETA’s campaign against the use of animals in circuses), for the birthday of Bill, Tom and Gustav, the fans adopted dogs and gave them the respective names. That dogs are nowadays the official pets of the forum. Last, but not least important, for 2010 Christmas, the fan club action consist in the contribution of the purchase of an ultrasound machine to the pediatric oncology division of a hospital (action unfinished yet).
In addition to the initiatives of the official forum, there have been other humanitarian projects initiated by the autonomous forum : THOIFC (Original Fan Club of Tokio Hotel Italy), which is auctioning an autograph of Bill to donate the money to the people of Haiti and the THIFC (Italian Fan Club Tokio Hotel) has supported two campaigns to support a rare disease curable only out of the country. Similar grants were made by Malte di Tokiotellite (yes, there are adult fans, but not many) for earthquake victims in Aduzzo and people with difficulties, this should be added that this sensitivity to social issues of the Tokio Hotel fans is not just from the Italian fans, similar projects have been launched in other European countries and in America… but Italy is by far the most active in this kind of actions !
Serena I. U-Team (THOIF) write this. "
Translation credits: @THEurope (Twitter)
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