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The campaign to collect toys every Christmas organized by the municipality in collaboration with social organizations and companies of Cartagena and surrounding areas, is launched with the aim of helping the Magi to meet the requests of all the kids

Councilman Social Care, Antonio Calderon, presented Thursday a classic Christmas, Toy Collection Campaign Mountains to the illusion, no child without toys, which are involved all sectors of society cartagenera.

The goal, just as explained Calderón has is that the Magi arrive the next day on January 5 every household, and can meet the requests of all children, including those who could not write the letter.

For this edition will feature fixed points F OUR open for collecting toys.

On the one hand, El Corte Inglés, will be located next to the Customer Care in the basement 1; Eroski at a local provided by the company in its commercial gallery, and Practiser at Juan Fernandez.

All of them will be operational during business hours, except Practiser that will be open 24 hours.

On the other hand, the traditional collection point located in the Administration Building, where the great mountain of toys that will be opened by the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, on Friday December 12 at 13.00 hours will be formed.

Like all other points, will remain open until December 28, the day that ends the campaign, then proceeding to the classification of toys, which must be new, and its distribution between social associations that previously character, have submitted their applications to the Department of Social Services.

Also, are already operating collection points of Student House UPCT and the Hospital of Saint Lucia and, as in previous years, will also collaborate in this campaign the Navy, through all its provisions, Arsenal is inaugurated on the 11th at 11.00 hours, the Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment 73, as well as numerous companies and associations in the city.

In this sense, Calderon also wanted to highlight the outreach conducting media and colaboarción the world of sport, with initiatives such as the Cartagena FC Cartagena and soccer, which intercambirán toy tickets for their last matches the year.

Around a hundred people work as volunteers in various collection points, which aims at least reach the figure of 3,156 toys, which was reached last year, which is then distributed among 28 social entities to meet the requests 1,700 children.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena