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Cudeca cancer care hospice signs agreement with La Caixa savings bank
By Press release
Apr 3, 2008 - 7:09 PM
The signing of the La Caixa Foundation agreement took place this morning, Thursday 3rd April. La Caixa has agreed to collaborate by supporting the “Volunteers of the Cudeca Charity Shops 2008” project by donating a generous 7.500 Euros. This project forms part of Fundación la Caixa’s charity and social initiatives programme 2007.
The event took place in the chapel of the Hospice centre, situated on Avenida del Cosmos s/n de Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena.
Representing the Fundación La Caixa was Mr. Manuel Gallego Cañabate, Fuengirola office Director. Representing Cudeca were; Joan Hunt OBE, President and Founder; and Rafael Olalla, Financial Director; and Inmaculada Ruiz, Volunteers Programme´s Coordinator.
The aim of the project, is to raise awareness of hard work carried out by over 300 volunteers in our 12 Cudeca charity shops and to keep track of the new developments of each individual shop, and in doing so, will motivate the existing volunteers and encourage others to join.
The specific objectives are as follows:
- To increase the number of volunteers in the 12 Charity Shops, by means of a specific campaign for each shop, taking into consideration their situation and the public they attract. Information in the way of brochures and posters will be prepared and the local media will be contacted.
- To provide philosophy, history and objective training of Fundación Cudeca, in concept of the voluntary work that is carried out by the Charity Shops. This will be carried out by the charity shop controllers, the Coordinator of the Volunteer Programme and the Director of the Nursing Dept. by making personal visits to the shops.
- To motivate the volunteers with specific activities so that their work is acknowledged, and organise four meetings for this same purpose.
- To improve the charity shop installations.
- To visit other charity shops in the country in order to exchange views and methods of how to successfully run a shop.