The Head of Maritime Action Admiral Emilio José Nieto Manso, and the first deputy mayor of Cartagena, José Vicente Albaladejo, presided at midday today the delivery of a € 20,000 donation to various charities, from the inscriptions on the I Forts Trail.
The Sisters of the Poor has received a check for $ 10,000, while the dining room of Good Samaritan and The Hospitality Santa Teresa, have collected 5,000 euros each.
In the text have been representatives of various organizations, companies and institutions have collaborated in organizing this event, termed a success by the Colonel Director of the School of Marine Corps, Carlos Rey.
For King, the results have exceeded the most optimistic forecasts, as it not only had to expand to 2,000 the number of participants.
Finally came 1818 and 1312, 70 percent managed to complete the journey in less than 12 hours.
No one was lost and the most prominent effect was a broken finger and thumb of one of the participants.
The colonel has encouraged sponsors to continue to work in the next edition of the route, where he hopes to quadruple the participation and promotes in particular the youth and students, with the granting of free credits by the UPCT.
Admiral chief has ended a civil action the military significance of the event and has offered to collaborate on many other initiatives raised by citizens for other events.
By the municipality, in addition to Alba, council members were present Social Care, Antonio Calderon, Public Safety, Javier Herrero, and Sports, Alone Gómez López.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena