So a thought this Friday morning for the 1,400 volunteers of the Restos du cœur in Côte-d’Or, and the thousands of others all over France. They start three days of collection at the exit of the checkouts of 92 supermarkets in the department, until Sunday noon, and they are counting on us, to fill their shopping carts, with something to eat for the beneficiaries of the restaurants, they are more and more more numerous with the crisis. The president of Restaurants in Côte-d’or Didier Bouillon details the products most sought after by the association:
“We need non-perishable food products in small packages, pasta, rice, pulses, jams, etc. We also need baby products, because we welcome a number of families, and then products. hygiene is very important, soap, shower gel, sanitary napkins, toothbrushes and toothpaste. We ask our volunteers to focus on this this year “
Note that we can always make donations all year round apart from this exceptional operation, there is a warehouse in Dijon which accepts donations at any time.
Sanitary protocol
Covid requires, instructions have been given to volunteers to respect a strict health protocol: “the terms may be different depending on the store”, shade Didier Bouillon, “For example, directors have suggested that our teams sit outside, others inside, we have gel, we have masks, we are careful. The products will also be stored in our warehouse in Dijon, and decontaminated for products which may be more fragile. “
Important fundraising for the Restos du coeur 21
“These products will be used to diversify our summer campaign which starts on March 15, which runs until September. We will have the products that we continue to buy, and then the fruit of this fundraising, which is important. , last year it was 75 tons of products harvested, that is to say 20% of our supply in Côte-d’Or “, finally specifies the president of the Restaurants in the department.
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