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events ON THE ROCK Saturday 9th March at 8.30pm
A concert by the Arona School of Music & Dance (Los Cristianos) will take place in the Civic Centre, Cabo Blanco. The first half will feature performances by Candelaria González (Director of the choir) and Ana Mendez, with the choir performing 4 pieces known as Zarzuelas (Spanish musical theatre) in the second half. It’s free entry, so please come along and offer us your support.
Live Arico Charity Shop News
Please remember that we will be closing the Costa del Silencio charity shop at the end of March. EVERYTHING MUST GO, and we are currently holding a Buy One Get One Free sale. In fact, come and see us, as no reasonable offers will be refused. We thank Julie and all the volunteers for all their hard work, and we hope to see them in the Los Cristianos (Calle Reveron near the harbour play park) or San Eugenio (opposite Hotel La Nina, near Amandas bar) shops.
Java Bar
In aid of Help For Heroes, and in memory of Malcolm Schofield and Dennis Braisher, Java Bar are holding a fundraiser on Sunday 10th March. Loads of entertainers are providing their services free of charge, there will be a raffle with brilliant prizes all donated by local businesses. Hosted by Dominic James, the afternoon kicks off at 2pm.
WORLD SPAY DAY
Tuesday the 26th February was World Spay Day and to celebrate, Live Arico has negotiated an amazing deal with Hospivet Sur in Las Chafiras, bringing you unprecedented prices on spaying and neutering your pet. These prices are more or less at cost, and are limited to the first 100 appointments made with Hospivet Sur in the month of March quoting LIVE ARICO. We have money put aside for this, imagine how many less pups will be created if 100 dogs are sterilised as a result of this campaign. Prices are as follows:Male dogs: Up to 5kg 81 Euros 6 - 15 kg 99 Euros Over 16 kg 135 Euros Female Dogs: Up to 5 kg 10 Euros 86 - 15 kg 135 Euros 16 - 25 kg 180 Euros Over 25 kg 225 Euros Please call Hospivet Sur on 922 736927 for your appointment. You must quote LIVE ARICO to get these rates.
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Tenerife Weekly - 1st March - 7th March 2013
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Red Cross Extends Help To The Disadvantaged
More than 24,000 residents of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will benefit from the 306.744 kilos of food which the Red Cross began distributing this week. The current crisis has forced thousands of islanders into vulnerable situations; around 33.8% of the population of the Canary Islands need this type of aid to eat daily. Tenerife received the most aid: more than 263.804 kilos; followed by La Palma, with 33.750; La Gomera, with 6.128; and El Hierro, with 3.062.
The products will be delivered to bodies providing services to groups and people in need. In particular, about 307 tons of food that was circulated on Monday, will reach 71 charities in the province, which include 18 local assemblies of the Red Cross, 16 entities and associations and 37 city councils. With this third action, Red Cross will have distributed in the Tenerife province a total of 718.829 kilos of food. The initiative is part of the 2012 Plan of the guarantee fund Agraria (FEGA) of food aid for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the European Union, managed in Spain by the Ministry of agriculture, food and environment. In 2012, the legislation allowed the expansion
of the range of food, since in addition to products dairy products and cereals, for the first time vegetables, olive oil, canned fish, juices and canned fruit were -incorporated. Elena Marco, Provincial Coordinator of the Red Cross, said the Organization “is facilitating a balanced diet to the people who need it.” For the selection of these products, the FEGA, in collaboration with experts in nutrition, acquired food through public donations. The range of supplies is composed of 16 types of food that is nonperishable easy to transport and store. In this way, the final beneficiaries can easily prepare a full meal, either for just one person or a whole family. A Framework ensures that today you cannot highlight specific profiles of claimants for of these grants. For this reason, and taking into account that the current economic situation causes increasingly more people feel the need to call for help, the Red Cross aims to reach all those citizens who do not have these type of staples. The 307.000 kilos of food distributed on Monday will be allocated primarily among families in which all members are unemployed, have children living in foster homes, older people with family responsibilities which have arisen by family rehousing, people of long duration unemployment, the homeless, the young unemployed, people with physical disability or immigrant, as well as other
social groups. The first food distribution of the 2012 Plan made by Red Cross to national level took place in June of last year and the second in November. With this latest distribution, the institution has managed to increase the number of beneficiaries to more than 200,000 persons above that of 2010 throughout the national territory, distributing food to a total of 700,000 citizens. However, the work of Red Cross is not limited only to the distribution of food. Currently, the Solidarity Organi-
zation has also strengthened aid to schools and carries out the distribution of breakfasts to 180 schools in the archipelago. Red Cross Coordinator also says that the work of the Organisation extends to all fields since “the work of aid cannot be limited to the delivery of food, but it has to be a commitment of all to help these citizens as far as possible”. The Red Cross carries out social emergency measures: among which are the distribution of clothing as well as medical supplies and other services.
Following these cases of false crimes, agents from various police stations in Tenerife have arrested or indicted several people. The individuals who use this technique to obtain insurance visit the police stations to make denuncias on the grounds that they have been hit or as-
saulted by thieves who then stole the phones. On several occasions, officers managed to find out that the allegations are false and reported with the sole aim of collecting the insurance that comes with the electronic devices. Over the last few months,
in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife four individuals have been arrested or indicted for making false theft claims. The same tactic has been used for years by tourists who denounce false robberies to try to collect the travel insurance.
False Theft Claim Arrests
Brandy is 10 years old. No one wants old dogs, but they have their advantages. You don’t need to house train them for one. We think they deserve to end their days, after possibly years in a refuge, in a loving home, but we do understand the worries regarding health care. Brandy has had his teeth cleaned and been given a clean bill of health, but we, Live Arico, will cover his future vet care needs financially. All he will cost you is his food, and lots of love. If you can give Brandy a home please call Sue on 629 388 102 to arrange a meeting. He is delightful, please give him a chance.
The National police have reported an increase in the number of false theft with intimidation and violence claims in relation to expensive mobile phones, such as Blackberry’s and Smartphones. The claimants intended to make insurance claims against the “thefts”.