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and one more will not leave any child without a gift this Christmas] | The campaign organized by Social Services and Youth, with the collaboration of several organizations in the city, expects to double the amount collected last year, which reached 2,465 toys. |

Already underway, the campaign "Your toy, and one more", which, as is traditional, organized every year at this time the Municipal Social Services and the Youth Council with the cooperation of various entities of Cartagena ( Carrefour, Tele Cartagena, Practise, School of Tourism, Eroski, McDonalds, Lidl and Colegio Hispania chain.)

The goal, as stated by the Social Care Councillor, Antonio Calderon, during the presentation of the campaign to collect new toys this holiday season is that there is not a single child unwrapped her gift, or possibly two gifts as we expect the figure to double this year we gathered in the previous season, reaching the 2,465 toys.

For his part, Manuel Soler, president of the Youth Council, has appealed to the solidarity of the citizenry as a whole to make an effort, despite the crisis, and bring toys to the network of collection points already have settled in the town (open access classrooms, secondary schools and, as a reference center, the Youth Resource Center).

The campaign is aimed at children and young people from families with economic difficulties and families at risk of social exclusion, the aim is to achieve at this time that all children receive a toy on the day of Reyes Magos.

As for the associates, Tele Cartagena held each year as a program on 23 December, a five-hour telemarathon live to collect toys.

Moreover, Carrefour, through the Solidarity Foundation, will bring more than 600 toys to the campaign and McDonalds, and menus will offer discounts in exchange for toys, toys also giving their happy meals leftovers.

For his part, held Practise an information campaign distributing over 6,000 cards to its subscribers and collect toys at their places of Cartagena.

Finally, all the toys are picked up at the Youth Resource Center between 22 December and 5 January.

Donations can be made from 9:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00 h.

Monday through Friday at the center.

Donors can bring toys directly Youth Resource Centre, or call the IMSS to that from the UATEJ brigade we manage to collect toys for transfer to storage.

The associations have requested toys will have to pick them up at the Youth Resource Centre between 2 and 5 January and deliver them to children who appear in the list previously given to the IMSS.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena