Thursday evening at the amphitheater closed the 2024 Golden Heroes session.
“The Golden Heroes are organized by the CFA pharmacy of the region, in partnership with the League against cancer and twenty-five other partners,” explains Victoria Grasdepot Zugetta, communications manager. And to specify: “The Golden Heroes are a solidarity race made up of several races, timed or not. Our goal is to raise funds for children affected by cancer. »
Nearly a thousand participants
During this second edition, which took place Sunday 1 is September on Charlemagne Island, 960 people took part in the various races, including 263 members of the Orléans university hospital center. A check for 7,751 euros was given to Thierry Arii, deputy general director of the CHU, who wanted to thank all the partners of this event.
Julie Lallier Dupuy, director of the CFA, explains that “this sum will be used to furnish the playroom for young people in treatment”. She adds that “the CFA, which trains 450 work-study students per year, is proud of what has been done in two years”. The next Golden Heroes will take place on September 14.