My name is René Hamrla and I am 50 years old. I grew up in a full and contented functioning family. In my 20s, I went into business and after a very short time began to taste the first hints of “success”. I managed almost everything, and I stopped respecting the legal norms and lived in the belief that nothing could happen to me after all.
After ten years, I was convicted of attempting to cut taxes for 4 years. After 2 years, I was released and entered life with the resolution that this would not happen again. Another 10 years passed and I found the courage to go into business again. I built a business with dozens of employees and a corresponding, not small, turnover. There were accompanying problems, and I resorted to the simplest of all possible solutions in good faith. I didn't consider the consequences of my decisions and I was recapturing.
After almost 15 years since my release, I was sentenced again, this time to 6 years.
It was a huge mistake for which not only I paid, but also my whole family, my children. Unfortunately, it was only after spending several months in prison that I slowly began to realize what success really is and the values that go towards it. My life has turned inside out. And today I'm actually happy for that.
I started running in the execution of the sentence first to stay physically ready for the next life, but also because it was actually an escape to myself. I could reflect on my mistakes, come to terms with them and start looking slowly on, at the life that would come after release. At the time, I perceived the dismissal itself as a very difficult and complex step.
This is the case today, more than a year later. It was a mixture of difficult and crucial decisions that each of us, the released prisoners, must make. Despite the disfavor of social habits and prejudices that we encounter on a daily basis. And not only in their job search, but also in their families, whom we have let down so much. In all of this, I try to stay grounded in my beliefs and values, which I think are finally the right ones. It's the trickier path, but I believe it's the right one to permanently integrate into a stable family and society.
With my openness to the past, I try to make people judge us not by the superficial information that comes to them and criminal records, but by how we approach life and the fulfillment of our personal and social responsibilities.
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Presentation Offer at the 11th Annual Yellow Ribbon Run
Dear partners and supporters,
This year we would like to offer you the opportunity to present your organization and projects at the 11th Yellow Ribbon Run. As in previous years, this event creates a unique space for organizations, the public and the media to meet and share common values.
This year's edition will offer again attractive location with plenty of space for presentation booths as well as advertising areas in the start and finish area of the race. We expect approximately 1,000 runners and visitors, media participation and the emergence of photo and video outputs from the whole event.
Presentation options
- Presentation stand + banner for running barriers: 5 000 CZK
- Separate banner for running barriers: 2 000 CZK
Price includes rental of advertising space, advertising and production of a banner. It is also possible to use multiple banners, for example separately for an organization and for a specific project.
At the same time, your participation will support the implementation of the Yellow Ribbon Run event and you will have the opportunity to present your work to the general public and other partner organizations.
If you are interested in this offer, please contact us.
We would love for you to join us and help spread awareness about meaningful projects that have a positive impact on society.
Seven Women, Seven Stories of Hope: Invitation to Prague Castle
Just before Christmas Eve, several brave women, clients of the Probation and Mediation Service and active members of the Yellow Ribbon community, received an invitation to an extraordinary meeting with the President of the Republic Petr Pavlo and the First Lady Eva Pavlova.
With the idea of organizing a holiday audience The Office of the President of the Republic addressed the Director of the Probation and Mediation Service and our founder Gabriela Slováková. It was the long-term work of the Yellow Ribbon, as well as the volunteer and ambassadorial activity of Barbora Černošková, who sensitively opens the topic of people with a criminal past and the effects of punishment on their children, that captivated the presidential office. Thanks to this, this topic has come to the center of attention even at the highest state and social levels.
From 2024 onwards, it will gradually opens space for an open, substantive and at the same time humane debate on penal policy. A debate that makes sense — either thanks to the patronage of the President of the Republic or through discussions on the floor of institutions such as the Chamber of Deputies.
At the end of December, Seven women from all corners of the republic went down to Prague Castle. Each of them in the past, for various reasons, came into conflict with the law and passed the execution of punishment. Today he stands firmly on his own two feet. They were able to close this chapter of life and start again thanks to the professional support, patient work of probation officers, but also through their own determination.
All these women take care of their families and loved ones with dedication, but at the same time selflessly help even people they did not know before. They educate themselves, work on themselves, develop their projects and inspire their surroundings. Whether within organizations, community activities, or just as part of Yellow Ribbon. They prove that second chances make sense.
Source: https://pms.gov.cz/pmsayyruprezidentapetrapavla/
Registration for the 11th year launched - gift your loved ones with a voucher
Have you packed all the presents under the tree yet? If not, we have one for you. We have launched registration for the 11th annual Yellow Ribbon Run. Get Christmas started and give the starting fee to your loved ones. Download Gift Voucher directly from Stopnito.cz, print it out and then go to training together:)
And beware, register now buy for 500 CZK, from mid-February, then for 600 CZK.
Where do you get the voucher?
The route to it is a little more complicated, but we will guide you, you will definitely not get lost:
1) Go to the site Stopnito.cz and fill out the race application form.
2) In the Race category, select Gift Voucher.
3) Make the payment.
4) Download the voucher via the link shown.
Na We will meet the launch on June 11, 2026, again in Obora Hvězda in Prague.
Take advantage of the snow-free days, put on your sneakers and hooray for the track!