The collection of Restos du cœur in our supermarkets, which will end on Sunday evening, “is all the more important this year as the context is uncertain and we are coming out of a very, very complicated year“, underlines, to AFP, the president of the association, Patrice Douret.
“What worries us is thesignificant increase probable of the number of people that we will have to welcome with undoubtedly different needs which means that this collection is essential and is absolutely vital“, he adds.
During the previous campaign in 2020 the association had collected 7,400 tonnes of food – or the equivalent of 7 million meals – a target that she hopes to exceed this year.
Thanks to the volunteers https://t.co/ARj4CX5txR in thousands of stores in France ????le #WERestos solidarity and entertainment begins this morning with the National Collection! While waiting for the diff of the concert of @enfoires tonight on @ TF1.#We count on you #Next to us pic.twitter.com/1wbPJl1Q8j
– The Restos du Coeur (@restosducoeur) March 5, 2021
4 to 5 million shortfall on the Enfoirés ticket office
The “Restaurants” who celebrated their 35th birthday in 2020, must also deal with 4 to 5 million euros shortfall linked to the loss of ticket sales – the annual Enfoirés concert must have been recorded without audience due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The crisis caused by the Covid-19 has plunged many people into precariousness, especially students, with long queues in front of food aid distribution centers in Paris and other cities in France.
According to a study published in February, more than 2.1 million people benefit from food aid at the start of 2021 and more than half (51%) of people helped say they have been using it for less than a year.
(With AFP)
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