The Day of liberation of Denmark in 1945, May 4^th, was once again used for awards from the Christian the Fourth Guild Foundation.

The administrator of the Foundation Jens Chr. Schmidt welcomed those present and briefly explained the procedure for the upcoming award. He then handed over the floor to the chairman of the Foundation, Council, and regional member Vibeke Gamst.

Vibeke Gamst briefly explained the emergence and work of the foundation, including that the foundation was established with a modest capital, which over the years had developed into a capital of over DKK 2,000,000 - and fortunately for that, as the interest that the Foundation needs for distribution has been modest for some time. However, today's awards/donations totaled DKK 55,200.00.

Present for the award ceremony from the Board of the Foundation, in addition to the chairman and the administrator, were board member Former CEO Ernst Trillingsgaard, and chief Bencher Niels Voss Hansen. In addition, several of the benchers from Christian the Fourth Guild attended.

Chairman Vibeke Gamst began by explaining that the foundation had previously awarded donations to the Aalborg Cannon Guild and to the Church Social.

Today, on Freedom Day, donations were awarded to:

- Foodbank, an organization that aims to collect and distribute surplus food to citizens in Aalborg.

- Elderly helping the elderly. The association performs unpaid work for elderly, weak, and lonely people.

- The Obel Girls are former tobacco girls from Obel, who have formed a network consisting of about thirty lively members who yearly meet at the West City Remembrance Workshop.

- The Senior Club Griffen with approximately forty members who cook for various events and activities for pensioners.

- The Knitting Girls at Vestergården diligently knit sweaters, socks, booties, hats, mittens, etc., for the homeless via Blue Cross and the Crisis Center for Women in Saxogade.

- The Colitis Chron Association is based on unpaid voluntary work supporting research into serious intestinal diseases and providing support for patients.

- Café Hjerterummet creates artistic processes and workshops in connection with a festival for people living in vulnerable positions.

- The Danish Cancer Society hosts "Pink Saturday" in October, where there are a series of activities aimed at raising funds for the fight against breast cancer.

- The Support Association for Hospice Vangen the sixty volunteers provide assistance in palliative care with practical help and small events.

- The Association "The Positive" Here, "The Positive" tries to create a bright spot with various initiatives for early retirees, middle-aged women with visible and invisible disabilities.

- The 150 volunteers at Aalborg University Hospital talk to and serve patients and relatives as a supplement to the professional effort.

- Aalborg Castle Theater Assistance for the performance of the festival "The Merchant - Jens Bang" on the 400th anniversary of the construction of Jens Bang's Stone House. The performance takes place in the Monastery Garden at Aalborg Monastery and runs from August 8th to 18th, 2024.

- The Natural Horn Players have managed to put Aalborg on the "Hunting Horns World Map" as one of the absolute best groups in this category.

The distributed amounts are within the range of DKK 2,000 to DKK 5,000 per award.

The Natural Horn Players provided impressive horn signaling both at the beginning of the meeting and along the way. There was a friendly atmosphere during the event, and after Christian the Fourth's splendid dinner was served, the Guild's songbook was distributed, and the Guild's troubadours intoned a couple of songs - and there were still voices calling for an encore.