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Happy holiday VERA will be celebrating Constitution Day tomorrow (Friday) with churros and chocolate at 10am followed by a concert by the Municipal Band in Plaza Mayor.
Youth fair MORE than 300 young people between the ages of 16 and 30 took part in the 15th Almeria Youth Fair FAJU 2013 held in Purchena.
Trees and roses ALMERIA GOVERNMENT’S sub-delegate Andres Garcia Lorca planted two trees and two rose bushes in the Nicolas Salmeron Park, Almeria City, in memory of the victims of violence.
Phillipines aid THE Red Cross in Almeria City aimed to raise funds for the Phillipines by selling 1,000 five-kilo boxes of horticultural products at €2 each, donated by local farmers.
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Getting set for winter THE road authorities are revving up for their winter safety campaign. A total of 160 workers, 42 machines and vehicles, including seven snow ploughs, and almost 450 tonnes of salt, make up the force to cope with winter weather. It will operate across the province’s 826,61 kilometres of roads, based at points under the jurisdiction of the Junta de Andalucia regional government, supported by the Guardia Civil Traffic Department and 112 emergency services. “In this way we can act in the shortest possible time to reestablish the road network,” said Junta delegate in Almeria, Encarna Caparros.
Almeria shows its solidarity for the needy THE province and people of Almeria showed their generosity over the weekend with the Great Food Bank Collection. Contributions large and small, which soon converted into tonnes, rapidly filled up the food collection boxes. More than 5,000 volunteers participated in the two days of solidarity, by collecting
food at the doors of 250 supermarkets in the province. Many were overwhelmed at the number and generosity of those people who wanted to lend their support. “There were times when the amount of donations we received was too much for the food boxes,” said one of the volunteers, but as
she explained: “The important thing was just to take the bags, then sort it all out later.” If Friday proved to be a successful day at Carrefour in Almeria, filling eight containers with 500 kilos of food, Saturday was even more so with one family donating €800 worth of food in a Dia supermarket.
This was just one of many generous gestures of solidarity throughout the province. A total of 400 tonnes of food was collected, double the expected figure. The Food Bank served 59,055 people in need in the province in 2012, a total which many believe is set to rise this year with more people in need.