The merchants of Cartagena center this Christmas help families affected by Lorca earthquake on May 11.
The Department of Trade of the City of Cartagena and Lorca with the traders of both towns have launched an initiative to raise funds and support them at this time.
To this end, two thousand calendars have been created in 2012 to be sold at a price of 6 euros in stores open Mall and El Corte Ingles.
In principle, the idea emerged to promote the calendar Easter Lorca. Is called a photo contest and the day before the opening of the exhibition of images of the processions, the earthquake that destroyed virtually the entire city lorquina .
Hence it was decided, according to the president of the Union of Traders historic Lorca, Juan Montoya, sell the calendar and donate funds to needy families.
Both the mayor of Trade of the City of Cartagena, Mariano Garcia as President of the Federation of Merchants of the port city, Antonio Sanchez Arenas, have expressed their desire to raise as much as possible by selling the calendars and the City Lorca recover the illusion.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena