In the 2022 edition of the fair – held in October at the Congress Center – the Municipality of Concordia and Fundación Magister decided to donate books to schools that actively participated in the various activities proposed by the organisation.
In compliance with this commitment, Mayor Enrique Cresto; the president of the Fundación Magister, Stella Maris Ponce, and the vice president of the institute, Jorge Buffa, presided over the delivery of over 500 books to the Benito Garat, Coronel Navarro, República Oriental del Uruguay, Felipe Gardell schools and the Faculty of Arts of the Instituto of the Profesorado Concordia, as well as the reading promotion program “Abuelas Leecuentos”.
The books delivered come from donations made to the Book Fair by publishers, authors and sponsors. While the books received by the “Leecuentos Grandmothers” were donated by the Mempo Giardinelli Foundation, of the Chaco province, regarding the work that grandmothers and grandfathers carry out, with the coordination of Magister, in schools, institutions and non-governmental organizations.
The secretary of Tourism, Innovation and Culture, Aldo Álvarez, and the municipal director of Culture, Gabriel Belderrain also attended this meeting with school principals and teachers.
A COMMON COMMITMENT FOR THE FAIR TO CONTINUE TO GROW
“We are very happy to share this day with the schools which corresponds to the formal closing of the 2023 Book Fair”, said Jorge Buffa in this regard. “The Magister Foundation, together with the Municipality of Concordia, undertakes this Book Fair project every year and this year, in particular, it was decided to give a gift to the schools that had the greatest participation,” he added.
“We are also happy that Mayor Enrique Cresto was also present in this delivery of books to schools, to which we are very grateful for their accompaniment, who always gives us his support at the fair and in all our activities”, he said. also called Buffa.
In the same sense, the Councilor for Culture, Aldo Álvarez, highlighted the commitment of the municipal administration for the cultural development of the city: “the Book Fair is important because it fits into a city model where culture, the education and artistic expressions have a priority place,” the official said.
“The mayor has given us a goal: to work side by side with Jorge, with Stella and with the Magister Foundation so that the Book Fair continues to grow. Permanent recognition and gratitude from the Mayor to the Magister Foundation for having given continuity and validity to the fair; just as there is a commitment to start next year already working on the organization of the next edition, to consolidate the development of this event which is so topical and significant for everyone ”, he concluded. (Municipality of Concordia Press)
