Overview
- The donor, who identifies himself as "Schwalbe," enclosed a handwritten note asking that single mothers have a nicer Christmas.
- Sister Nicola Maria accepted the envelope for the Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen, which allocated the money to a mother at the Paulusstift in Stuttgart‑Ost.
- The recipient currently receives no Kindergeld because paternity has not been acknowledged and a birth certificate has not been issued.
- Reaching €200 likely required roughly 2,500 reusable beer bottles at €0.08 each or about 800 single‑use containers at €0.25.
- After SWR’s report was carried by national outlets, a separate public fundraiser for the donor was launched and has raised about €610, exceeding its €500 goal.