The Canary Islands are joining forces to respond to victims of the terrible damage in Valencia, Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha, organizing collection points to deliver aid to the islands. “The Canary Islands know what a natural disaster is”this is one of the messages which, evoking the help received by Spanish society in the La Palma volcano, calls today to help the neighbors affected by this deadly flood.
Whether public or private, through collective or entrepreneurial initiative, the inhabitants of the Canary Islands were quick to coordinate the send help, from work materials, health products, medicines or machines.
In Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, carnival groups were organized in the Rodriguez Quegles Palacelocated at 4, Escritor Benito Pérez Galdós Street, to organize the sending of aid. Carnival groups will receive items this Monday, November 4, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
One of the first collection points activated was the Maio Movement Yoga Center, on the street Mgr Rabadán nº35which launched a call for participation via social networks, in particular with cleaning and personal hygiene products. Interested parties will be able to submit their contributions on Monday, November 4 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Tuesday, November 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Furthermore, in Gran Canaria, the Yelmo Cinemas in Gran Canaria which will open its doors for the collection of donations on Tuesday, November 5, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Also the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Parish Hall in La Isleta, the Hermandad del Rocío, the Dark Moonlight store and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
Collection points have also been organized outside the capital, such as in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, which routes aid to the Maspalomas sports citymore precisely in field 4 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. In Telde, the material will be collected at the La Pardilla club and the English Center, and in Santa Brígida at the La Jiribilla fruit shop, among others.
This Sunday, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Trail has been one of the main collection points for donations, and the Yelmo cinemas are still operational, the Cines Meridiano in S/C de Tenerife and the Yelmo Cines La Villa in La Orotava, which will be operational until November 5 from 5 p.m. at 10 p.m. hours.
For its part, in Lanzarote, three collection points are currently installed at the Rubicón de Femés Cheese Factory, at the Arrecife Youth Center and at the Arrecife Civil Protection, in the industrial zone of Puerto Naos.
Support for Canarian football
UD Las Palmas and CD Tenerife will donate funds from collection total ticket sales for their upcoming matches to those affected by the damage in Valencia, Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha.
Specifically, in the case of Tenerife it will be next Sunday’s match against Mirandé, while in the case of UD Las Palmas it will be the revenue from the sale of tickets for the match that will face Mallorca on the 23rd at the Stadium. from Gran Canaria.
