Christmas in a shoebox
Charity across borders
More than just a moment of happiness. Every year, we at WIMA I Models and our employees fill two shoeboxes with small gifts. "Christmas in a Shoebox" is the most popular gift campaign worldwide. It brings Christmas joy to children in need. Every year, we pack one package for a boy and one for a girl.
Chemnitz Women's Run
against violence against women and children
The Chemnitz Women's Aid Association is the sponsor and co-organiser of this run. Show your solidarity and run or walk with us under the motto "Women run for women against violence against women and children" on the 1.0 km course and make a donation. EVERY EURO COUNTS! The proceeds will go to two projects run by Frauenhilfe Chemnitz e.V. (Chemnitz Women's Shelter and the Intervention and Coordination Centre for Combating Domestic Violence), which advise and support people affected by domestic violence.
Taking in stray cats
Hermann, Berthold, Erika, Berta and Astrid
In 2023, our five former stray cats were born in the neighbourhood of WIMA I Models. Our managing director was feeding the mother cat at the time, who eventually brought her five kittens to us and disappeared. Funnily enough, we named them Hermann Hesse, Berthold Brecht, Erika Kästner (we only realised that "he" was a "she" after they were neutered), Berta von Suttner and Astrid Lindgren. We set up a place for them to sleep and eat in the garage with a scratching post, had them neutered, dewormed and vaccinated. Today, the five are more often in the office than some of our employees and live together with our managing director's cat Wilma.
Kitten Safe House
Animal welfare for cats in Croatia
The Kitten Safe House and its associated foster homes are currently home to around 150 cats and kittens in need of medical care. Daniela Knežević runs the Kitten Safe House in Rijeka, Croatia. She takes in injured stray cats, kittens that have been thrown away or abandoned, feral domestic cats, nurses them back to health and finds them loving homes. She also catches stray cats for neutering and looks after several feeding stations. WIMA I Models and its employees support her every month with a small regular donation and donations in kind as needed.
World Clean Up Day
Working together for a clean, healthy and plastic-free future
World Cleanup Day, the world's largest bottom-up citizen movement to eliminate environmental pollution and plastic waste, will take place on 20 September 2025. We, as the model agency WIMA I Models, are also participating in this day and will be cleaning up the urban forests of Augustusburg together. In 2024, millions of people worldwide in over 190 countries took part in World Cleanup Day. Through their cleanups (rubbish collection campaigns), they sent a strong signal for a clean, healthy and rubbish-free world.
Tennis club youth development
Flöha 1848 Gymnastics and Sports Club
Our managing director Marie-Luise Wintermantel is a passionate tennis player, which is why we at WIMA I Models are delighted to make a small contribution to youth sports in the region. With over 588 members, TSV Flöha is the largest club in the region. Since its foundation in 1848, the gymnastics and sports club (TSV) has long since established itself beyond the local area. If you would like to meet our managing director outside the office, take a look around the tennis court.
Rainbow Gymnasium Augustusburg
Christmas raffle organised by the Friends of the School Association
The pupils at the Rainbow Secondary School in Augustusburg always come up with creative ideas to raise money for their class fund. In the run-up to the Augustusburg Christmas market, they collect cool gifts from local companies, parents and relatives. We have also made regular donations until 2023. Some of the gifts donated by our customers have also been used, as well as coloured pencils and colouring books.
Action Germany helps
Earthquake in Albania 2019
Aktion Deutschland Hilft is an alliance of 23 renowned German aid organisations founded in 2001. Together, we help people who have lost everything in major disasters. As a model agency, WIMA I Models also donated a small amount to the earthquake victims in Albania in 2019.