After an act of vandalism which reduced the six refrigerated vehicles of the Gard food bank to ashes, thirteen intercommunal authorities in the department pledged to help with 100,000 euros.
The territories are uniting to help the Gard food bank which, last week, was hit by an act of vandalism which generated material damage of nearly 500,000 euros. On the night of Wednesday 27 to Thursday 28 November 2024, at the Nîmes station market, the six refrigerated vehicles were destroyed.
Thus, thirteen intermunicipalities of the department (Nîmes Métropole, Alès agglomeration, the Rhone Gard agglomeration, Beaucaire Terre d'Argence, the Pays d'Uzès, Rhony Vistre Vidourle, Petite Camargue, the Pays de Sommières, the community of communes Pont du Gard, the Cévennes Piedmont, Terre de Camargue, De Cèze Cévennes and the Pays Viganais) have committed to financially supporting the structure, commensurate with their demographic weight and their means. This will represent direct aid of 100,000 euros.
“Each territory of Gard notes, throughout the year, the essential help that the association provides to fragile people and people in situations of poverty, victims of food insecurity. The Food Bank plays a role in supplying the entire local fabric with essential foodstuffs. It is the entire Gard of the territories, of all moderate political sensibilities, who are mobilizing behind her in this difficult moment she is going through. write, in a press release, the signatory presidents who also address “a sincere message of encouragement and moral support to all the volunteers of the Food Bank, to President Joseph Pronesti and to all those who work alongside him for real solidarity.”
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The Gard Food Bank has launched a call for donations to compensate for the losses suffered and continue to serve its 91 partner associations and their 42,000 beneficiaries.
The PS and Chloé Ridel in support
Socialist European MP and spokesperson for the PS, Gardoise Chloé Ridel Suite made a personal donation of 500 euros to the association. “It is unacceptable that property intended to help the most deprived can be attacked. The Gard Food Bank plays a key role in the Gard solidarity fabric. Helping them in this terrible ordeal is not an option”declared the parliamentarian who; like many, also called for general mobilization. It should also be noted that the federation of the Socialist Party of Gard has also planned an exceptional donation of 1000 euros to support the association in the face of the imperative of ensuring the continuity of their actions, particularly as the end-of-year celebrations approach. 'year.
