The Director of Social Policy, Joaquín Bascuñana, and the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, have accompanied the first volunteers of the "Back to school" on his first day in post, enabling them to contribute their knowledge and experience while which provide for intergenerational exchange.
The Minister for Social Policy of the Autonomous Community, Joaquín Bascuñana, and the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, have accompanied this morning over the first 20 volunteers involved in the pioneering program "Back to School", with which Lorca older than I want to be responsible for the regulation of traffic on pedestrian crossings near a local primary school, having received training in volunteerism and road safety.
Jódar Bascuñana and accompanied by the Director General of Volunteers, Leopoldo Navarro, and Mayor Councillors Policy, Social Policy and Public Safety of the City of Lorca, Mari Carmen Ruiz, Belen Perez Ibarra and Lali, have been encouraged these volunteers " to follow with great interest they have put into this program, which is copied in other towns in the region. "
Jodar said "with this nice program, the largest use their time in an activity as useful and important as monitoring the safety of the smallest, which allows an exchange of experiences between generations very positive."
The older volunteers have received training in addition to the "Back to School" Lorca City Council has launched another volunteer program open to the rest of the population, called the "Lorca x all."
Joaquin Bascuñana stressed that "this action falls within the Regional Program Volunteer of the Year."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca