Play Mijas brings Costa del Sol together to raise €2,400 for children of Ukraine

ONE of Mijas´s hottest new restaurants, Play, showed its impressive fundraising powers at an event bringing the Costa del Sol community together to raise money for children in Ukraine on Thursday, March 17.

Hosting a generous raffle of prizes including dinner vouchers and beauty products donated from businesses on the Costa del Sol, Play offered a delicious three-course lunch of tapas and traditional Mediterranean fare, Play donated €10 from every meal to charity Voices of Children to help Ukraine.

Ukranian artista Olga Lukasevych, who now lives in Marbella, also generously donated several paintings worth between €80 and €250 to be sold at the event, while Mijas artista Jose Alvarez Gomez is donating 50 per cent of the sales of his paintings currently hanging in Play to the charity.

Further donations from generous attendees brought the total raised at the event to an amazing €2,400.

Speaking about the impressive amount raised, Ana-Maria Ignat-Berget, Play´s owner, told the Euro Weekly News: “This money will help children and families to have a safe place to be, a warm mattress and a hot meal.

“I am so grateful to the community for coming out and helping.”

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