By Cathy Elelman • Published: 03 May 2020 • 18:38
DONATIONS: The group has given €100 from the money raised from its 2019 charity quiz to each of the two Albox Caritas branches. CREDIT: Almanzora Group of Friends
NO sooner did they learn that the Caritas charity has been struggling to meet growing demand for the food bank in their area since the start of the coronavirus State of Alarm then the Almanzora Group of Friends stepped in to help. The group has donated €100 from the money raised from its 2019 charity quiz to each of the two Albox Caritas branches. Group of Friends president Shelagh Copeland and Spanish Liaison Officer Francine Sanchez came out of lockdown to present the cheques. CREDIT: Almanzora Group of Friends Shelagh told the Euro Weekly News hopes to be able to do more fundraising once lockdown de-escalation allows.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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