HiperDino has managed to raise 147,498 euros in donations from customers for the town councils and people affected by the Cumbre Vieja volcano eruption. DinoSol Foundation has served as a bridge between the company and the institutions to deliver the aid, which has materialized in food, personal hygiene products, cleaning products and household items.
The director of the DinoSol Foundation, Virginia Ávila, explained that "there have been months of intense work, in which we spoke daily with the councilors of Social Services of the town councils of El Paso, Los Llanos de Aridane and Tazacorte to listen to them and see how we could help, to reach those displaced families who had lost everything, including colleagues from HiperDino de La Palma."
Virginia Ávila wanted to "thank all the clients for their empathy and solidarity with the situation on the Island" and added that "HiperDino and the DinoSol Foundation have been involved from the first moment, donating more than 9,000 kg of food and beverages mainly to the three town councils and collaborating with the Red Cross and the Cabildo de La Palma."
She also thanked "all those suppliers who, from different parts of the Canary Islands and the Peninsula, have trusted HiperDino and the DinoSol Foundation so that their donations, estimated at more than 20,000 kg, would reach La Palma and be correctly delivered."
To all this we must add the 3,270 kg of food collected in the boxes located in the HiperDino El Paso and HiperDino el Puente stores.
From the beginning, the chain has available on its website hiperdino.es a transparency portal, with weekly updates, where you can track all the collection, as well as the donations made. January 9 was the last day that the solidarity voucher was available in physical stores and in its online channel.
Fourth donation
Yesterday Thursday, the last delivery of customer donations took place to the Councilor for Social Services, Housing, Employment and Health of the El Paso City Council, Ángeles Nieves Fernández; the Councilor for Social Action, Seniors, Children, Family and Employment of Los Llanos de Aridane, Elena Concepción, and the second Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Social Affairs, Employment and Internal Regime of the Tazacorte City Council, Nieves Yolanda Acosta.
In total, 17,671.2 euros were delivered in food and debit cards for the affected families.
Both HiperDino and the DinoSol Foundation will continue to provide their help and collaboration to the inhabitants of the Island.
