In Divnogorsk, participants in the charity festival raised 130 thousand rubles for the search detachment

On the central embankment of Divnogorsk, on July 19, Polinafest was held – the second charity festival of memory of the dead and missing children.

Singers, dancers, musicians, readers, masters of applied creativity – dozens of talented and responsive people – gathered in the center of Divnogorsk for the sake of a good and important goal: to help those who are looking for missing children and adults. All performances and creative numbers were devoted to the memory of the dead and missing children and the support of the detachment “Search for missing children to them. Oksana Vasilishina. “

This year, 1,500 people became guests of the festival. Children and adults together created good with their own hands on free master classes: painted with pastel, painted gingerbread, made crafts made of wood. For the first time, psychologists worked at the festival: experts gently and professionally offered guests, especially families, support through games and psychological techniques.

“Thank you! Thanks to the artists who gave their talent this evening. Thanks to the masters whose hands created beauty for help. Thanks to the volunteers whose efforts made the festival possible.

Each bought souvenir from the fair, every donation to the piggy bank, every good word of support is a contribution to the salvation of someone’s life, to hope for someone else's family. Together we raised 130 thousand rubles for search engines and this will definitely help them in work, ”said Andrey Zhigaev, one of the organizers of the festival.

Polinafest is not just a concert or fair, but a festival of creativity, born of a personal tragedy. In 2023, the 16-year-old daughter of Andrei Polina Zhigaeva disappeared. Then the search detachment named after Oksana Vasilishina joined the search. Unfortunately, Polina died. A year after the tragedy of her daughter, Polina's parents organized the first daughter of their daughter's memory. Now the festival has become an annual warm and bright city event.

“The festival of memory of those who could not be saved, for the sake of supporting our detachment, is another chance of returning home and a ray of hope and support for all search engines. I really want this good initiative to learn in all cities of the country and every year the number of participants in the festival grew, ”said the head of the Krasnoyarsk search and rescue detachment“ Search for the missing children to them. Oksana Vasilishina “Svetlana Torgashina.