Delegations of Caritas in Caravaca de la Cruz conducted "Operation Kilo" to get donations of nonperishable food.
The volunteers of the organization helping the needy will be in the supermarkets of the town during the 11th and December 12th to ask collaboration with the food bank.
Councilwoman Carmen Ruiz Mulero announced the launch of this solidarity campaign coinciding with the delivery of the grant to the City of Caravaca de la Cruz gives Caritas, among the actions contemplated in the annual partnership agreement it has with the organization.
The Department of Social Development has allocated 18,000 euros to Caritas, an amount that is intended for the purchase of food to complete the batch received from the National Food Fund and are distributed among families with basic needs and vulnerable and / or social exclusion.
This economic aid, which is paid in two payments made at the beginning and end of the year, was received by the presidents of the delegations of Caritas in the parish of "El Salvador", Joan Ludeña;
parish of "La Concepción" Carmina Sanchez, in the parish of "San Francisco", Mª Carmen Sang, who made a call for citizen participation in "Operation Kilo" campaign, calling for collaboration in donating food such as milk, preserves and typical Christmas products.
For its part, the mayor of Social Promotion wanted to stress the important work that the diocesan organization conducts in Caravaca de la Cruz, "thanks to the commitment and generosity of all its volunteers providing aid many people in difficulty through food bank and other projects and programs of social action. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz