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The mayor receives, on behalf of the alhameños, the Guinness record certificate solidarity achieved by the scouts (14/02/2011)

The Mayor of Alhama, José Espadas, received this morning from the hands of José Antonio Nieto, president of Scouts of Murcia and Sebastian Canovas, president of the local group, the Guinness record certificate that scouts de Alhama and the region achieved the locality with the collection of used clothing.

Between 17 and 18 April 2010, the various groups of scouts from the region met in Alhama de Murcia to celebrate St George.

Led by the group of Alhama, organized an event with two purposes: one charity and another to enter the Guinness record.

It was collecting more than 1,000 kilos of clothes in 24 hours, beating the Guinness record New York had made.

And they did not just beat the thousand kilos but surpassed the 6,800 kilos of clothes.

The gathering took place at the Sports Hall of the municipality and finished 24 hours, took four trucks to remove the clothes.

The mayor has received the certificate on behalf of all alhameños while ensuring that "deeds like this, with a world record, make a people great."

Also pointed out the positive aspects of a people to be recognized for acts of solidarity and emphasized primarily the importance of people as individuals and as groups in social participation.

Finally ensure that the certificate would be placed in a prominent place in the Town Hall.

Sebastián Cánovas, president of Alhama Scout Group, stressed this morning that it was a Guinness record solidarity "as are the scouts and alhameños" he noted.

For its part, the president termed regional solidarity record and pointed out that the clothes were distributed among different organizations, national and international volunteers.

Also appreciated the support from both the City of Alhama as alhameños themselves while highlighting the Kenya Scout group, a pioneer Bronsea his troops as the promoter of the idea.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia

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