The Colletta Alimentare, Italy and San Marino’s annual food collection drive, returns today, Saturday 14 November. In the main supermarkets of San Marino, more than 200 volunteers will be collecting food donations for individuals and families facing economic hardship.
To take part, shoppers simply need to buy long-life products at participating stores and hand them over to the volunteers. Items requested include oil, pulses, tinned vegetables, tomato preserves, tuna, canned meat and baby products. Collection will continue throughout the day.
The initiative, promoted by the Fondazione Banco Alimentare (Food Bank Foundation) and the Associazione Amici del Banco Alimentare San Marino, marks its thirtieth anniversary this year and brings together volunteers from both secular and Catholic associations.
On Titano too, the need for support remains very real. The Emilia-Romagna Food Bank supplies the Caritas Vicariale of San Marino throughout the year, which through the Centro Casa San Michele supports more than 80 families, around 200 people in total.
The event is held under the high patronage of the Captains Regent, Gerardo Giovagnoli and William Casali, who in recent days received the organisers along with a delegation of volunteers and supporters.
The president of the San Marino association, Davide Cavalli, is counting on the generosity of residents: «We are confident that the people of San Marino will once again surprise us, showing the same sensitivity they have demonstrated so many times over the years».
