Chelyabinsk people were awarded "Sun Hearts"

This is the name of the award, which was established by the non-profit organization to help children and adults with special needs “Star Rain”. For the first time, ten people received it in 2017: athletes, business representatives, people of creative professions.

“Through their own example, these people show that all children, regardless of whether they have Down syndrome or autism, are primarily just children,” the organization said.

This year, the statuettes “Sun Heart” were presented at a festive evening dedicated to the 20th anniversary of “Star Rain”. Anton Red, head doctor of the children's polyclinic No. 8 named after Alexander Nevsky in Chelyabinsk, Yulia Lyskova, chief freelance pediatric dentist of the Ministry of Health of the Chelyabinsk region, designer Yuri Ponomarev, leading Anna Shambadal, Olga Kislenko, the author of the script of the documentary film "About autism", business representatives: Dmitry Zaikov (park-hotel "Berezka", Nina Kozlova (confectionery "Mechta"), Tatiana Levchenko (URubina), Dzhda), Dzhda.

As told “MK-Chelyabinsk”, this evening “Star Rain” announced the creation of the endowment Fund “Academy of autism”. This financial tool is necessary to replicate methods for working with special children throughout Russia.