FIA WTCC FOR CHARITY IN BRAZIL
24 TONS OF FOOD COLLECTED
120,000 / 150,000 meals to be distributed to people in need
The WTCC Race of Brazil, opening round of the 2007 FIA World
Touring Car Championship, that took place last Sunday in Curitiba,
gave its contribution to help Brazilian people who are starving.
24 tons of foods were collected through the ticket pre-sale
campaign and donated to the charity society Instituto Pró-Cidadania
de Curitiba who will distribute them to those in need.
Together the City Hall of Curitiba, KSO, the championship
promoter, and HSBC, partner of the event, offered free tickets
to the public in exchange for one kilogram of food. Thousands
od fans who wished to attend the races collected the tickets
bringing foods to nine different City Hall's offices or three
different HSBC points.
On Sunday morning, on the grid for the first race and in
front of absolutely packed grandstands, the Mayor of Curitiba
Mr Beto Richa, the Chairman of KSO Mr Jacques Behar and the
Markerting Director of HSBC Mr Glenn Valente, presented to
Mrs Fernanda Richa, president of the charity institute, a
board that symbolized the success of this humanitarian initiative
that will result in the distribution of about 120,000 / 150,000
meals.
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