In the morning they opened the soup kitchen, the Association and fraternal "Beata Piedad de la Cruz" available to those with serious financial need and are forced, to solidarity groups, rooted in the Church , as this association given the opportunity to paliarles this great need in part.
The event was chaired by Mayor Sewer, Lazarus Mellado, the Superior General of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart, located in Sewell, Rosario Garcia and president of the Association, Reyes Prieto.
The soup kitchen is located in the former graduate schools Lorente Wise Square, next to the Institute "Francisco Salzillo" already ceded local and remodeled part of it, by the City Sewer, in February 2007, on that occasion were presented with the keys to the building, a former graduate schools, conditioning on the first floor of the Association headquarters, the closet and food pantry.
Now, the soup kitchen, with an investment of 4,000 euros, with kitchen, dining and living room to store about 42 diners, taking the opportunity to get to 48, not discarding the Association, if necessary to create two shifts food.
The meals offered Monday through Friday, holding on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from five in the afternoon, the delivery of the bags of food and clothing, as we said the president of the Association and fraternal "Beata Piedad de la Cruz "Reyes Prieto.
The president had a special memory for all people who have been working on this project and especially to businesses that collaborate constantly Sewer and other companies in our region, close to our town.
Mayor Sewell, Lazarus Mellado, praised two partnerships like this and the AFADE, Just a few dates, have opened these new centers devoted to others, especially the needy, "Today is a happy day, but sad , opened a soup kitchen for the needy, who are going terribly wrong, and this center is that we could wish that the earlier closing, this is a great sign. "
He also recalled the importance of being behind the Association, a congregation so important for toshers, as is that of the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who founded the now Blessed Piedad de la Cruz, showing the institutional support of City Sewer, which was represented by various members of the Corporation, led by its four municipal spokespeople, along with the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Health Hernandez.
The new soup kitchen was blessed by the parish priest of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Luis Martinez, accompanied by the pastors of the churches of St. Peter the Apostle, Jose Antonio Garcia and La Purisima of New Javalí, Jorge Salinas.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla