The Heimat Award is one of a total of five components of the "Strong Homeland North Rhine-Westphalia" funding program. Subject to the respective provision of funds by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Bonn will receive 15,000 euros each year from 2023 to 2027 to honor local civic engagement (as it did from 2019 to 2022). The prize money can be divided among up to three prize winners per calendar year in different proportions.
The "Heimat Award" is intended to honor exemplary commitment to our homeland by associations, volunteer initiatives or private individuals.
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Receive the Bonn Heimat Prize 2025:
- Monika Heimerzheim
- ArbeiterKind.de
- MINTKiDS, THE reading aloud network in Bonn
The prize money is awarded in different parts:
Ms. Heimerzheim will receive 7,000 euros in prize money for her commitment to the NaturFreunde Bonn association. The organization ArbeiterKind.de receives 5,000 euros and MINTKiDS, DAS Vorlesenetzwerk receives 3,000 euros in prize money.
Monika Heimerzheim has been involved in children's and youth work with Naturefriends since 1973. The Bonn-Beuel branch of the Naturefriends association is part of the German Naturefriends Federation, a socio-ecological and socio-politically active association. The jury also nominated Monika Heimerzheim for the State Home Prize.
The local Bonn group of the Arbeiterkind.de association aims to help pupils, students and their supporters from a non-academic background to obtain a university degree.
"MINTKiDS" aims to combine the topics of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology (MINT) and language development by reading MINT stories aloud in Kita and elementary school, as well as actively promoting volunteering in Bonn.
Mayor Katja Dörner presented the prizes to the three winners on Monday, June 30, 2025, at a ceremony in the Gobelin Hall of the Old Town Hall.
Subsequently, the local award winners (one per participating municipality) will be selected at state level to receive the State Home Prize and thus receive another special award.
Award winners from previous years
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