DONATED PRODUCTS

We undertake to encourage access to food for people in most difficulty and that’s why we support many charitable organisations every year at the global level, donating our products. In 2023, we donated more than 364 tons of fresh products.

Collaboration with the food bank

In five years, through the food bank Banco Alimentare, we donated 14 million fresh meals to those who cannot afford to buy them. Our social campaigns have made it possible for consumers to make a gesture of solidarity: from the cart to the tables of the needy.

67 COLUMNS FOR THE ARENA OF VERONA

We believe that it is important to promote the cultural heritage and that's why in 2021 Gian Luca Rana became one of the founders of the project “67 columns for the Arena of Verona”, in support of the lyrical-symphonic Foundation after the difficulties caused by Covid-19.

EDUCATIONAL PROJECT PALAZZO MAFFEI CASA MUSEO

Rana - alongside the Carlon Foundation - supports an educational project aimed at making art accessible to students and supporting schools in their educational mission. Through guided tours and educational workshops, young people are brought closer to art and beauty, promoting their cultural growth. Thanks to this synergy, in the 2022/23 school year, over 3,700 students were able to visit (free of charge) the collection of Palazzo Maffei Casa Museo, which houses more than 600 works of art, the result of entrepreneur Luigi Carlon's passion.

PAINTING WITH THE SOUL

For around 20 years, we have chosen to be at the side of a young deaf artist, Sofia Ines Musumano. We support her career and education with a constant interpretation service and we contribute to the organisation and promotion of her exhibitions.

YOU HAVE TO BE DEAF TO UNDERSTAND

We support cultural activities aimed at promoting and enhancing deaf culture, with particular attention to the spread of LIS, the Italian Sign Language. Among the initiatives supported: the theatrical piece 'You Have to Be Deaf to Understand' by Diana Anselmo, which conveys the experience of deafness through Visual Sign, and 'I Poeti non dormono la notte' (The Poets Don’t Sleep at Night), a 24-hour poetry marathon, for which we provided a simultaneous LIS translation service, allowing everyone, even those who listen with their eyes, to enjoy the beauty of poetry.

PAN D’ORO

Once again this year, with every Christmas box sold on our e-commerce, we gifted a 'Pan D’Oro' made in collaboration with Round Table 36 Verona. In 2023, the proceeds were donated to the Più di un Sogno ETS Foundation, which has always been committed to supporting life projects for people with intellectual disabilities, from birth to adulthood, focusing on cognitive development, social and work inclusion, and independent living.

SUPPORTING RESEARCH

We believe that research plays a crucial role in scientific progress and that it is essential to support it for a better future for everyone. With this aim, in 2023 the Fondazione Famiglia Rana supported the international IASGO (International Association Surgeons Gastroenterologists Oncologists) congress, the IEO-MONZINO Foundation ETS, the Unipancreas Association, the Alzheimer Verona ODV Association, ADOCES (Stem Cell Donors Association), the GI.A.DA. (Young Adolescents Adult Women) Association, and the Smile House Foundation ETS.

SMILE HOUSE FOUNDATION

We support Smile House Fondazione ETS, which helps children born with cranio-maxillofacial malformations to obtain specialist medical treatments With our support, more than 20 operations have been carried out and medicines and equipment have been bought for medical stations. In 2023, we joined the Smile House International Training Program (SHITP), which helps establishing centers of excellence dedicated to training healthcare professionals involved in the multidisciplinary diagnostic-therapeutic pathway of the Smile House project.

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Starting from the 2023/24 school year, we have supported the educational projects 'Diamoci una scossa' and 'Un battito di mani,' promoted by the Integrated University Hospital of Verona and the University of Verona, to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques and certify students in the use of defibrillators. Thanks to the contribution of the Fondazione Famiglia Rana, it was possible to double the number of trained students, making the province of Verona the first in Italy for the widespread education in first aid.

FESTIVAL DEL FUTURO

In 2019, Gian Luca Rana contributed to the creation of the «Festival del Futuro», an annual event in Verona dedicated to innovation. In 2023, the fifth edition took place, promoted by Harvard Business Review Italia, Eccellenze d'impresa, and Gruppo Athesis. The festival inspires entrepreneurs, professionals, and students to engage with the global challenges of the coming decades, addressing topics such as technology, science, economy, climate change, nutrition, and health, while exploring the opportunities offered by future trends.

DANTE EXHIBITION

On the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death, we are supporting “Dante, prophet of hope”, which involves young people in reading the Divine Comedy. An immersive tour that displays Dante’s cantos, led by 40 Verona high school students.