November 29, 2012
Ambient and controlled temperature transport company Integra2 will altruistically cooperate in distributing food products collected in supermarkets and markets throughout Catalonia and the Seville province in connection with food collection charity campaigns. These charity actions will take place on November 30th and December 1st as part of the Seville Food Bank second edition and the “Great food collection in Catalonia” campaign fourth edition.
November 2012 - The fourth edition of the charity campaign in Catalonia is aimed at collecting 1,400,000 Kg. of long-lasting basic food products throughout Catalonia during November 30th and December 1st, thanks to citizen’s cooperation and the involvement by more than 10,000 volunteers. The campaign, organized by the Food Bank Foundation and La Caixa Foundation, will enable 800 picking points in supermarkets and markets throughout more than 200 towns in Catalonia. Online donations of food products may also be made through the website www.bancdelsaliments.org. The campaign is aimed at responding to food urgencies from needed people in Catalonia, a group which due to the economic crisis has significantly grown. Food Bank in Catalonia supports more than 200,000 people living in extreme poverty.
Meanwhile, the Seville Food Bank Foundation organizes for the second time a large food collection campaign aimed at responding to food urgencies from needed people in the province of Seville. The Great Food Collection in Seville is also aimed at raising awareness on these people’s situation, which has grown due to the economic crisis. The campaign is aimed at collecting 250,000 Kg. of long-lasting nutritious food products from 380 supermarkets throughout the province’s main cities and through online donations at www.bancodealimentosdesevilla.org. It is estimated that close to 100,000 people currently live in extreme poverty (less than €8 daily) in Seville.
Part of both campaign’s transport and logistics will be carried out by Integra2, which altruistically will collect the food products at supermarkets and markets in Catalonia and the Seville province to distribute them among the charity entities supporting final beneficiaries. Integra2 drivers and staff at warehouses in Barcelona and Seville have very positively welcomed the initiative to take part in the charity action. Integra2’s commitment will provide the vehicles and people needed to secure that the products donated at the more than 1,180 picking points are transported to both Food Bank foundations classifying points in Barcelona and Seville.