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NEWS & EVENTS

7TH ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER - SLOVAKIA EDITION

We're excited to announce that our 7th Annual Benefit Dinner will be held on June 8th, 2026 SUNDECK, Bratislava, Slovakia.

 

Come meet the new 2026/2027 scholarship winners as well as former students and fellow GBE Foundation supporters! ​

2026/27 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners. They are an lively group with varied backgrounds and interests. Click below to learn more about our scholarship winner profiles:

  • Sára Filková – School of Arts and Industry - Film School in Košice, Slovakia

  • Felix Kovaľ – Gymnázium in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Daria Konstantynova – Gymnázium in Ružomberok, Slovakia

  • Katarína Koreňová – Gymnázium in Ružomberok, Slovakia

  • Adryan Bednár – Leaf Academy, Bratislava, Slovakia

2026/27 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Huge Congratulations also goes to our talented university students who keep collecting achievement and are being accepted into best universities around the world! 

  • Aneta Vozarová – accepted into UCL for Biomedical engineering! 

  • Ema Stanková  – deciding between Sweden, Danmark and Finland! 

2025/26 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners. They are an lively group with varied backgrounds and interests. Click below to learn more about our scholarship winner profiles:

  • Liana Vajdáková  – Business Academy High School in Bratislava, Slovakia

  • Tina Strenková – Gymnázium in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Sofia Penjaková – Gymnázium in Ružomberok, Slovakia

  • Jakub Piták  – Gymnázium in Ružomberok, Slovakia

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2025/26 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

2024/25 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners! 

  • Ester Petríková - Gymnázium in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Daniel Dzurik - Pedagogy High School in Košice, Slovakia

  • Sofia Begonja - Gymnázium in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Aneta Vozárova - Gymnázium J. B. Magina Vrbové, Slovakia

Congratulations our  8th University Scholarship Winnera! 

  • Sandra Húsková - LLB in International Law at the Hague University of Applied Sciences

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2024/25 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations our 6th & 7th University Scholarship Winnera! 

  • Tamara Eliašová - Strategic Communication Student at Drury University, United States

  • Richard Pospíšil - Mechanical Engineering Student at  University of Twente, Netherlands

2023/24 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners! 

  • Aneta Vozárová - Gymnázium J. B. Magina Vrbové, Slovakia 

  • Sandra Húsková - Gymnázium Š. Moyzesa in Ružomberok, Slovakia

  • Vladimír Sklenár - Gymnázium in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Simona Borovská - Gymnázium Š. Moyzesa in Ružomberok, Slovakia

2023/24 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations our 5th University Scholarship Winner! 

  • Oliver Nagy - Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering · Delft University of Technology

2022/23 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners. They are an interesting group with varied backgrounds and interests. Click below to read our scholarship winner profiles:

  • Roman Všetička – Dance Conservatory in Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia

  • Tamara Eliašová – Sports High School in Prešov, Slovakia

  • Richard Pospíšil – Gymnázium Jána Papánka, Bratislava, Slovakia

6TH ANNUAL GBE FOUNDATION BENEFIT DINNER - SAN FRANCISCO EDITION

We're excited to announce that our 6th Annual Benefit Dinner will be held on March 11, 2022 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA.

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A huge thank you to: ​

2021/22 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation scholarship winners. They are an interesting group with very different backgrounds and interests. Click below to read our scholarship winner profiles:

  • Tomáš Lakoštík – Gymnázium Š. Moyzesa in Ružomberok, Slovakia

  • Jana Malachovská – Gymnázium Terézie Vansovej in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Daniel Mucha – Gymnázium sv. Františka z Assisi in Vranov nad Topľou, Slovakia

2021/22 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Congratulations to our second GBE Foundation university scholarship winner!

 

Timotej Kopča – Senior and full scholarship recipient at LEAF Academy, a top boarding school in Slovakia. In addition to LEAF, concurrently studies at Gymnazium Milana Rúfusa in Žiar to also earn a local diploma. Timotej is heading to a University of Groningen to study Global Responsibility and Leadership!

2020/21 GBE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Congratulations to our new class of GBE Foundation High School scholarship winners!!!

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Sára Fidesová – La Lumiere High School in La Porte, Indiana

​Janka Plešková – Rockingham County High School, North Carolina​

Nina Semjanová – Shining Light Academy, North Carolina​

2020/21 GBE FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

Congratulations to our first ever GBE Foundation university scholarship winner!

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Viktória Kubisová – studying life sciences at HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

  • 19 years old

  • Native of Podolínec, small town in northeastern Slovakia

  • Gymnázium Terézie Vansovej High School in Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia

  • Recipient of the 2019/20 GBE Foundation high school scholarship

  • Multi-talented, very active in the community

  • Loves reading and writing - wrote for student newspaper, writes poems

  • Likes sports, taught English to kindergarten students

  • Plays piano, ukulele

  • Interested in chemistry and biology – wants to become a doctor or a scientist

CHECK IT OUT: OUR FIRST ONLINE AUCTION

Though we were not able to hold our Annual Benefit Dinner Sausalito, CA this year, we're excited to be having our first ever online silent auction:

https://www.biddingforgood.com/GBEFoundation/onlineauction


Thank you for your continued support! 

YEAR 2019 DONORS

We have some amazing donors this year. Though our fifth annual benefit dinner has been cancelled, we will be updating you all with a silent auction link soon. A huge thank you to: 

Learn more about how our funds are used.

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