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| Companies have also joined the campaign, which was launched by the Cartagena City Council together with social entities.

Between your donations and those of the citizens add a total of 36 tons of 40,000 products | With 'Join the Christmas with more solidarity', the Food Collection Campaign developed last weekend in the municipality, the Food Bank has received a total of 7 tons of food, equivalent to 11,000 products, donated by the citizens of Cartagena. The Deputy Mayor of Cartagena and head of the Social Services area, Noelia Arroyo, has indicated that the campaign “has been a success of participation and generosity on the part of the people of Cartagena.

And not only on a personal level, but also the companies that have collaborated publicly.

If we add the donations of these companies there is a total of 36 tons of 40,000 products, which will begin to be distributed on Monday, December 21, to be able to meet the needs of the families who have contacted the City Council or social entities " , This initiative of the Food Collection Campaign was launched by the City of Cartagena and has had the collaboration of 23 supermarkets Consum, Spar, El Corte Ingl s, Mercadona, Mas y Mas and Parque Mediterr neo , as well as with social entities, C ritas, Red Cross, Buen Samaritano, Sena and the Food Bank, and with the help of Civil Protection. Arroyo highlighted the “great work done by all these social entities, which have collaborated from the beginning with the Social Emergency device of the Cartagena City Council.

They have put their experience with food distribution to cover all the needs of families during this crisis. In addition, the mayor has highlighted the work carried out, in the collection and distribution of food, by the people who work in the City Council: "They have a face and are the volunteers and Civil Protection personnel, as well as civil servants municipalities from different areas, Sports, Youth and Culture ”. This Friday, December 18, the balance of the campaign was presented by the Deputy Mayor of Cartagena and head of the Social Services area, Noelia Arroyo and the Councilor for Social Services, Mercedes García, along with the president of the Banco de Alimentos, Juan G mez Ayala, the counselor of C ritas in Cartagena, Petri Garc a, the president of the Regional Assembly of the Red Cross in Cartagena, Andr s Ros and the representative of the Good Samaritan board of directors , Fernando Prieto. From the Food Bank, Juan G mez thanked the City Council for bringing together all the groups to bring Christmas to all the families and “that they not only have milk or lentils, but they can also put a little nougat ”.

"The distribution will now be made between all entities," said Petri Garc a, who has encouraged people who need help to go to Social Services or any entity. For his part, Andr s Ros has indicated that "it has been a very hard year in which a great effort has had to be made on the part of everyone, but people continue to be very generous and continue to help." He agrees with Fernando Prieto, who has assured that "this pandemic has been a lesson, and as a Cartagena team it has been able to respond to so much need that has arisen since March." function { ;(, , {});}

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena