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The centers where this initiative is taught are: Fleet, Vistalegre, S. Anthony, S. Andres S. Antolin, the Garres, La Cueva (Monteagudo), S. Miguel, Santiago and Zaraíche, La Paz, S. Juan- santa Eulalia, Bacons Bridge, La Alberca, head of Torres and Bernisconia corner

The Murcian writer Jerome Tristante closing the IX Meeting of reading clubs 14 social centers for the elderly, in which 150 people participated this year.

The councilman of Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz Caballero, attended the closing ceremony, which took place in the General Archive, with the participation of all seniors who have enjoyed this activity.

Book clubs usually meet one day a week, explained Ruiz Caballero, "with the participation of those older, partners / as of the centers, which are part of the same, coordinated by a volunteer who performs tasks of animation reading, reading a previously selected work, and provided by the Regional Library through collective license ".

Currently the volunteers who are providing the service belong to the Friends Association of Reading 'and' Acdomur ', and other volunteers linked to the Senior Centers.

The centers where this initiative is taught are: Fleet, Vistalegre, S. Anthony, S. Andres S. Antolin, the Garres, La Cueva (Monteagudo), S. Miguel, Santiago and Zaraíche, La Paz, S. Juan- santa Eulalia, Bacons Bridge, La Alberca, head of Torres and Bernisconia corner.

The objectives of the activity this service, as indicated Ruiz Caballero, are "to promote the reading habit among older people, creation of reading clubs in social centers that demand and influence the social improvement of older people through the promotion of cultural activity. "

Clubs Reading in the Social Centres for the Elderly of the municipality of Murcia have been operating since 1998 through a cooperation agreement signed between the city of Murcia and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Autonomous Community, which also involved volunteer organizations.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia