PAOK FC, a Greek soccer club, took several actions to support refugees in response to Europe's escalating refugee crisis. They collected donations at home games for humanitarian organizations. They also organized a large-scale donation of clothes, food, and emergency supplies for refugees accommodated in Thessaloniki. Additionally, PAOK FC participated in a youth program to support disadvantaged children, including refugees. They also supported a solidarity concert to provide relief for thousands of refugees crossing into Greece each day seeking a better future.

3. #WeAreAllReffugees
Europe’s refugee crisis is
escalating and the whole
continent is trying to tackle
the issue, looking for viable
solutions to relieve all
these people who are
forced to leave their homes
and families, displaced
from their homeland.
For us at PAOK, the drama
of the refugees is all too
familiar and painful, due to
our own past and the
respective drama
experienced by our
forefathers and founders.
After the donation of one
euro per ticket in the home
encounter against Borussia
Dortmund, PAOK FC did the
same in the other two
home matches of the
“Double-Headed Eagle” in
the UEFA Europa League.
The sum collected was
handed to humanitarian
non-governmental
organizations.
Meanwhile, PAOK FC put
together a large scale plan
of clothing and edibles’
donation, as well as
emergency survival items
for refugees
accommodated in
Thessaloniki.

5. SPIN for children
PAOK FC was active in the
European program SPIN in
an effort to bring solace to
those at risk of social
exclusion and to keep
society informed around
disadvantaged groups,
especially underprivileged
children which got the
opportunity to be taught
futsal, to play, have fun,
fight for a better future and
step out of social exclusion.
Solidarity concert
PAOK FC “Crossed the
borders” on Sunday 18
October, supporting the
solidarity concert that aimed
to offer relief to thousands of
refugees.
More than 60 artists and
singers, creative groups and
dozens of volunteers
participated in this mass
event. It was a unique
opportunity for all to show
our support to thousands of
refugees who cross on a daily
basis the borders of Idomeni
in search of a better future.

6. For us at PAOK, the drama of the refugees is all too familiar and painful, due to our
own past and the respective drama experienced by our forefathers and founders…
With these actions PAOK FC informed on the biggest scale the public on the global dramatic
phenomenon of rootlessness and how important it is to show love and solidarity to people who –
against their will- are forced to face a situation that we Greeks experienced massively in the past.
Because, actually #weareallrefugees…