Christmas tractors drive for a good cause

They are already well known in Germany: tractors decorated for Christmas, on the road for a good cause. Committed farmers in the region embraced this idea with the “A Spark of Hope” campaign. Tonight they made donations to the orphanage, the street kitchen and the women’s and men’s dormitories, mainly in the form of agricultural products.

Departure of the Christmas tractors from Aesch to Basel. (Video: Telebasel)

Engaged farmers bring light

“In the dark times of Corona, where many people are suffering, we want to show that there are people who are even more in need,” said Stephan Schmidlin, initiator of the campaign. “On the other hand, one would like to achieve a glint in the eyes of one or another passerby who sees the glowing tractors,” continues Stephan Schmidlin. There is no association or political organization behind the action. These are private farmers who are charitable.

On Saturday night, the Christmas-decorated tractors headed to Basel to deliver the donations. Due to Corona and to avoid traffic congestion, farmers only drove to Basel with eight tractors. They also didn’t reveal the route to avoid crowds.