The Restos du coeur du Calvados have been organizing their departmental collection since this Friday, October 18, 2024 and Saturday, October 19. “We collect from 75 stores in the department,” explains Alain Gicquere, the new departmental president who succeeded Philippe Marie.
Objective: 63 tonnes of food
For this occasion, 200 volunteers are mobilized to collect foodstuffs which will be redistributed in the Caen metropolitan area to the Caen Rive Gauche, Mondeville, Ifs and Hérouville-Saint-Clair centers. But also in the other centers of the department in Bayeux, Cabourg, Caumont-l’Éventé, Deauville, Falaise, Honfleur, Isigny-sur-Mer, Lisieux, Mézidon-Vallée-d’Auge, Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, Saint -Rémy-sur-Orne, Villers-Bocage and Vire. “Our goal is to collect 63 tons of food as in 2023.”
The major national collection will be organized like every year next March. Departmental collections complete this important operation.
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