OREANDA-NEWS. Football Fans from Russia Congratulated Thousands of Orphans Wishing Them Happy New Year. They visited orphanages and social centers and gave the gifts to the pupils.

In December fans of Moscow club «Spartak» from «Supporters Group» brought the holiday to a dozen places at once. For example, «The Red and White Heart Foundation» visited the Karabanovsky orphanage in the Vladimir region. They played football with children, made Christmas toys and crafts. In the Tula region, they were accompanied by Nikolai Rasskazov, the defender of «Spartak», who plays on loan for FC «Arsenal». He visited the Novomoskovsk Education Center with fans, where he played with children and gave them sports equipment.

The «Druzhba Center» was visited by CSKA fans, who came with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. St. Petersburg fans of CSKA took patronage of two centers for minors at once. Zenit fans, who founded the children's football school «Nevsky Front», arranged a New Year for children undergoing treatment at the cancer departments.