The VIA Foundation

02/16/2010 - Concert for Haiti, Sunday, February 21 at Lucerna Music Bar

February 21 at 8pm: The Via Foundation presents Czech music group Monkey Business performing a benefit concert at the Lucerna Music Bar to raise money for the reconstruction of schools in Haiti.

Special guests will include Dan Bárta, BIGG BOSS JAM (PSH, ORIKOULE, 518 + TOXXX), and Eddie Stoilow. (...more)

01/13/2010 - Czech Heritage - Call for Proposals

We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Via’s Czech Heritage program. The Czech Heritage Program focuses on rescuing, restoring, and preserving small historical landmarks throughout the Czech Republic. It is supported primarily through generous donations of members of the Czech Heritage Society. (...more)

12/21/2009 - From all of us at Nadace Via – The Via Foundation, Merry Christmas and we wish you all the best in the New Year.

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12/09/2009 - New on Our Website

We’ve been working hard to improve how we provide you with information about our work.

You can now follow us on Twitter, check out our YouTube channel, and find a list of other interesting links about Via by visiting our new Via in the Media page.

If you have any suggestions on things you would like to see, please let us know brad.hoar@nadacevia.cz!

10/02/2009 - Visits to 4 Supported Projects

In the third week of August, we decided to make use of the warm summer weather to visit four projects we supported through the ČSOB and the Poštovní spořitelny Grant Funds. These site visits were such a success, we would like to share with you our experiences. (...more)

09/30/2009 - Press Release: Via Foundation Announces 2009 Via Bona Award Winners

Prague - On September 22, the Via Foundation presented the 12th Annual Via Bona Awards acknowledging the best philanthropic practices in the Czech Republic. Winners were announced at a ceremony at the Prague Residence of the United States Ambassador. (...more)

07/15/2009 - 2009 Czech Heritage Society Grantee Profile: The Františkov chapel

Distinguished by its beautiful stone portal, the chapel in Františkov (in German, "Franzberg”) dates back to 1891. The chapel was constructed by German settlers who established the town in 1798 in the present-day Jeseník district of northern Moravia. Following the post-World War Two expulsion of the community’s German residents, the chapel was eventually abandoned. This led to the collapse of its roof, and the growth of a tree in the middle of the chapel which, by 2007, exceeded the height of the chapel tower itself! (...more)

07/15/2009 - 2009 Czech Heritage Society Grantee Profile: The Hostovic Cross

No one knows the name of the man who was found frozen to death over a hundred years ago in Hostovice, a village just outside Ústí nad Labem. In memory of his tragedy, a cross was erected by local residents at the location where his body was found. But like many other cultural and historical monuments throughout Northern Bohemia which are now in danger of being lost, the Hostovic cross has inevitably fallen into decay as a result of postwar displacement. Still, this modest tribute remains today as the only surviving cultural monument in Hostovice following the demolition of the village chapel in the 1970s. (...more)

06/25/2009 - The Stone Cross

By the time the Stone Cross was erected, Kozojedy was already a well-established town. The first mention of the town dates to 1352 as an agricultural and market town connected to the nearby Krašov Castle (which itself dates back to 1232). Though all that now remains of Krašov is ruins, Kozojedy remains home to over 600 residents. (...more)

06/25/2009 - Town Rýžoviště

"Our goal is not only to restore the cross, but also to involve our fellow residents in this project. We also would like to help others regain a relationship to their surroundings, and once again find a path to our shared history." (...more)