Long Thibaud finals at Châtelet! By nellie | November 16, 2022 The 2022 International Piano Competition Long Thibaud gave appointment last week to classical music lovers who came in large numbers to discover the 33 international candidates qualified for the competition. From November 7 to 13, the jury selected young virtuosos with the most outstanding artistic personality, beyond any technical and instrumental performance. The final last… Read More
Discovery days at the Musée de l’Armée – Hôtel National des Invalides By nellie | October 13, 2022 For several years, the Musée de l’Armée has been developing a public policy aimed at young people, whether they are at school or with their families. Unfortunately interrupted by the health crisis in 2020, the Museum wished to resume this initiative aimed at schoolchildren as soon as possible in a desire to transmit our common… Read More
On horseback against cancer! By nellie | September 28, 2022 In Auvergne, the Cavaltitude association celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022 and launches the 5th promotion of its Amazones program, entirely devoted to horse riding adapted for women affected by breast cancer. President of the Cavaltitude association, Nathalie Salles-Tourreix, shares her love of horses and her own fight against disease. “Cavaltitude was born from this… Read More
The Choeur Régional d’Auvergne is ready for a new season ! By nellie | September 2, 2022 The Chœur Régional d’Auvergne celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Zénith d’Auvergne on June 11th , bringing together nearly 300 singers from the region to end up beautifully its anniversary season! On the program, Misa a Buenos Aires by Martin Palmeri, an Argentinian work full of vitality, shimmering, and, in the first part, Indianas by… Read More
Unity Park, the new face of Greenville! By nellie | May 24, 2022 After years of planning and 22 months of construction, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the opening of Unity Park in Greenville, South Carolina on May 19. The 60-acre park features four playgrounds for children of all ages and abilities, covered picnic tables, walking trails and 12 acres of green space. Three pedestrian bridges span… Read More
Ecole 42 Lyon, an innovative pedagogy By nellie | April 27, 2022 Backed by the Michelin Foundation since 2021, the 42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes school offers an innovative educational approach to computer training. It is part of the internationally renowned network of Ecoles 42, established in more than 22 countries. Since its creation in 2017, 42 Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has offered learning through horizontal communication and correction between students.… Read More
Aviation Sans Frontières – 40 years of humanitarian aid By nellie | April 7, 2022 The Michelin Corporate Foundation is working alongside Aviation Sans Frontières in giving its support to two assignments benefiting remote and underprivileged populations. The tasks are to get emergency medical aid to sick children and provide medical logistics. The wings of humanitarian aid Created in 1980 amid awareness that aviation could play a key part in… Read More
Twice the Wild – rising to the challenge of climate change By nellie | April 7, 2022 Canada, with its enormous natural heritage, is investing through the Nova Scotia Nature Trust in an innovative program called ‘Twice the Wild’. Preserving Nova Scotia’s wildlands With the longest coastline in the world, a quarter of the planet’s wetlands and boreal forests and a fifth of its fresh water, a vital habitat for birds, fish… Read More
Saving the heritage of local industry at Thiers By nellie | April 7, 2022 Shut down in 1984, the former Mondière cutlery plant forge at Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department has been given a makeover, with the impetus of the town council and the regional authority and with the backing of the Michelin Corporate Foundation and La Fondation du Patrimoine. A world-famous industrial past The Mondière forge is located… Read More
HELEBOR, care incubator By nellie | April 6, 2022 Since 2021, HELEBOR, a not-for-profit organization, has been extending the activities which le Fonds pour les soins palliatifs has been conducting since 2011. The Michelin Corporate Foundation is giving its support to the organization’s new role as an incubator of projects. Its aim is to constantly improve the quality of life of patients in palliative… Read More
