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Solidarity. It is this weekend that the great celebration of solidarity for the benefit of research against genetic diseases is being held. Many Villefranche actors are mobilized so that this new edition, the 24th of the name, breaks solidarity records.
Festive meal and dancing Saturday evening
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Lots of entertainment
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The surrounding villages manage to mobilize, so why wouldn’t this also be the case in Villefranche? It is based on this observation that the Villefranche organizers wanted to unite this year around the Telethon, and it is clear that many Villefranche stakeholders (companies, associations, traders, the Villefranche municipality, among others, etc.) responded. A new team of volunteers was thus formed at the start of the year, and around Marcia Coelho, one of the conductors of the event, many of them pitched in to offer a varied and tempting throughout the weekend.
If the faithful from previous years will still play the game this year, several new features will punctuate this weekend. We are thinking in particular of the big festive meal and dancing on Saturday evening (see box opposite), one of the highlights of the weekend, or even at the game night at the Manufacture which will bring together game enthusiasts of all kinds. New features among others, and a rich and varied program which is aimed at all audiences, young and old alike, and where the profits collected will be donated in full to the AFM Téléthon and to medical research. “Our goal is to raise double the amount of last year. ” specifies Marcia Coelho, who hopes that the Villefranchois will mobilize and show generosity for this new edition. As a reminder, nearly €7,000 was collected last year and donated to the AFM Téléthon.
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