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José Ballesta: "Generosity and solidarity are two characteristics that define Murcia. More than 2,000 people are participating as volunteers in this initiative."
Thanks to the Great Collection, it is expected that more than 360,000 kilos of food will be collected.
Murcia hosts this weekend the Great Food Collection, a solidarity initiative that this year celebrates its seventh edition under the motto 'In Murcia we fight Hunger', organized by the Food Bank of Segura, which is expected to be collected About 360,000 kilos of food.
The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabé, has contributed to this cause this morning, going to one of the supermarkets participating in the initiative.
"Generosity and solidarity are two characteristics that define Murcia," said the Murcian alderman, who added that "more than 2,000 people are participating as volunteers in different parts of the Region, responsible for receiving donations in a total of 230 collection points, between shops, large stores and supermarkets like the one we are in â€.
Also attending were the president of the Food Bank of Segura, Bonifacio Fernández, the head of Communication and Institutional Relations of the Food Bank of Segura, José Luis Lucas, and the secretary of the Food Bank of Segura, José López.
75 points of the Great Pickup in Murcia and its districts
The initiative is being developed in 230 collection points in the Region, of which 75 are located in the municipality of Murcia.
The English Court, Mercadona, Sangüi, Día, Aldi, Unide, Lidl, Makro, Másymmas, SuperDumbo, Hipercor and Consum are some of the entities that collaborate with the Great Pickup, as well as local stores, where volunteers have installed their respective positions .
The project is being carried out both in Murcia and in the districts of Beniaján, Cabezo de Torres, Cobatillas, El Palmar, Guadalupe, La Ñora, La Alberca, Aljucer, Zarandona, Puente Tocinos, Patiño, San José de la Vega, Sangonera la Verde and Sangonera la Seca.
The Great Pickup will maintain the business hours of the respective places where they are located.
A decade at the service of Murcian society
Banco del Segura, whose annual objective is to collect 2,500,000 kilos and whose action reaches 230 charities, celebrates ten years of service to Murcia.
Throughout 2019, it is estimated that around 40,000 people will be served throughout the Region.
Currently, the entity has 36 permanent volunteers, who carry out their work in the warehouse installed in the Murcia Region avenue, in ship number 3. In the municipality, Cáritas, Cruz Roja and Jesús Abandonado are some of the main centers that receive contributions from the Food Bank of Segura.
Those interested can register as volunteers through the web page www.basmur.org/, by sending an email to recogidas@basmur.org, or by calling 868 60 00 36 or 831 27 09 73.
From Arizona to Murcia, passing through Paris
The first Food Bank was founded in Arizona in 1967. The second was established in Paris, which led to the creation of the first European Food Bank in 1884. Originally, these solidarity entities functioned thanks to the disinterested collaboration of volunteers, who were mostly pre-retired or retired.
In Spain, the first food bank was created in Barcelona in 1987, and it was not until 1995 when the Spanish Federation of Food Banks was established, with the aim of coordinating its activities and relations with the central government and the European Union.
Currently, the national territory has a total of 55 centers of these characteristics.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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