Volley of good will

The fourth Czech Real Estate Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament took place on August 16th at Žluté lázně in Prague and was attended by a record 28 teams from companies operating on the Czech real estate market. Teams from the Czech and Slovak branches of JLL and Tétris also entered the competition, which was won by Erste Group Immorent, with HB Reavis placed second and Penta in third place.

With the matches over, there was also an auction of eleven paintings, painted by volunteers from JLL in their free time and donated to the charities supported by the event. In collaboration with Drawplanet, each had spent 15 to 20 hours painting on a real estate topic. The highest price reached at the auction for one of the paintings was the astronomical sum of CZK 100,000 for a work by Adéla Jeřábková of JLL's marketing department. The auctioneer was Bryan Wilson, the co-founder of Wilsons.

The final amount raised, a record sum of CZK 657,000, was donated to two charities, one dedicated to the rehabilitation of stroke victims, the other supporting projects to help people pick up their lives after serious emotional trauma or health problems.

“I am delighted that we have been able to reach out to people in the sector for the fourth time and that this year's volleyball tournament was attended by a record number of teams. We were able to get together for a good cause – and I think that is the magic and power of this whole event,” remarked Miroslav Barnáš, the CEO of JLL CZ&SK.