The closing ceremony of the Days of Beneficence gave the representatives of Sverdlovsk Region Government an opportunity to say their thanks to businesses whose contribution was particularly felt in 2007. The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development was the region’s only financial market player to receive the honorary letter of thanks for their Proactive Charity Contribution and Social Welfare Projects in 2007, the bank’s press officer reports. Apart from the bank’s representatives, the ceremony was also attended by employees and managers of metallurgical, pipe-making, power engineering enterprises, tourist companies, and food industry enterprises.

The Ural Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been implementing a number of charity projects in both Ural Federal District and other parts of Russia. The projects are targeted at healthcare, education, sports, and cultural development, including help to he military, war veterans and long-time workers, orphans, and people who need some costly medical treatment.

'Since all these project are so important, the bank sees sponsorship and charity projects as one of the socially prominent fields of its activity,’ the bank’s press officer says.