A restaurant in Marina de Dénia donates all the collection of a day to the Les Rotes Children's Center
This morning the solidarity event organized by Republic Restaurant, a company located in the port from 2007, was presented at Marina de Dénia. "This initiative fits with our philosophy of support for social events and that is why we wanted to accompany Jelle, a very important businessman from the Marina Alta area and with a great social and humanitarian sense", said Gabriel Martínez, director of Marina de Dénia. “It is very generous for this company to dedicate the income to the children who live in this center and for that we must thank the initiative and above all make it known”.
The event will take place next Wednesday 11 of December with a meal at Republic Restaurant, whose collection will go entirely to the Les Rotes Minor Reception Center, in Dénia. “Every year we organize an event to help children in a situation of unprotection and a few weeks ago my wife visited this children's center and found that the children were in need of several things”, said Jelle Van Burik, Republic manager. “Especially related to leisure and play. I saw that they did not have too many options and for that we have organized the food, what we will collect we will use it for sports equipment ”, said Rose Hulst, Republic manager. The company organizes this menu to be able to complete the attention that these minors receive in aspects of daily life, in which the administration does not always manage to attend.
It is planned that 100 people attend the meal and that 5.000 euros can be raised. "In addition, our suppliers are collaborating with their products and different companies have joined the event and will donate material to the center". The menu that has a price of 32,50 euros and 47,50 euros if it is paired, consists of six dishes.
Meanwhile, Beatriz Hernández, a social worker at the center, said: “It makes us very excited because we will be able to improve the activities of the children and we are very excited to have our support”. Ana Crespo, a psychologist, has pointed out that the center is not well known among the population of Dénia and this initiative can help give visibility. “Collaborations like this help us to offer the extras that we cannot offer to children from the center and it is a way for society to become aware of its existence”. The Les Rotes Children's Reception Center, under the Generalitat Valenciana, has 22 internment places and 8 day center. It is made up of children from the protection system, mainly from unstructured families.