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During the 2019-2020 season, athletes will compete to get at least 8,000 euros for the development of the UIC (Integrated Community Unit), whose job is to give quality of life to people with ASD and their families.

This morning the Councilor for Sports, Irene Jódar, the president of #retoyosipuedo, Francisco Montes and the representative of the Board of Directors of Astrade in Lorca, Rosa Parra presented this morning the challenge foreseen by this sports group, for the 2019/2020 season and whose benefits will go to Astrade in Lorca and its project 'Your looks'.

The Councilor for Sports, Irene Jódar has been "very proud to have this great team made up of people who year after year pose solidarity challenges, and who once again are back with the same enthusiasm and desire to help society , in this case to Astrade in Lorca. And it is that they combine sport and solidarity, a formula that never fails, and that makes all Lorca people proud "

Jódar Pérez also stressed that the #retoyosipuedo manages to give visibility to the work carried out by the different associations, and their noble causes, and also provide them with very important necessary funds for day-to-day activities and the development of their activities. " one more season, the athletes who are part of the #retoyosipuedo Team, already converted into a large solidarity family, contribute from their pocket one euro for each kilometer they travel in the different races in which they participate. At the end of each season everything contributed by the corridors are delivered to the group they help through a solidarity project, being this year Astrade in Lorca, the association chosen to show their support. "

For his part, the president of #retoyosipuedo, Francisco Montes explained that "The project will be called #susmiradas and will have a contribution of at least € 8,000 for the development of the UIC project, Integrated Community Unit. The money will be will be used to purchase materials for the equipment of the premises, with an eye on a future location.The UIC is part of the Personal Promotion and Autonomy Service (SEPAP, itinerary for people over 16 years of age) that are a flexible and personalized service, focused on improving the quality of life of people with ASD and their families. "

Francisco Montes has pointed out that "as in other occasions in which we have helped Minors' Associations, this challenge will be twofold and will also entail the accompaniment for the participation in popular sports events of the children of the association".

Rosa Parra, mother and representative of the Board of Directors of ASTRADE in Lorca has thanked "the help to TEAM #retoyosipuedo, for the implementation of the program, and to the town hall the transfer of the premises".

And he recalled that "ASTRADE has been working in the area of ​​Lorca for almost 20 years and is progressing very positively. Its progress is to be implemented and placed in its own space in order to meet the needs of people with ASD in this area and of their families avoiding a trip to Murcia. And as far as possible expand services based on the needs that arise in our collective adapting to their life cycle. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca