Makro joined the usefulness to the solidarity in another edition of the company's Christmas Card Contest for Children. The children of company employees aged between 6 and 14 were challenged to make a drawing depicting the court, in order to be used as the company's official Christmas postcard this year. Along the way, they helped the CrescerSer institution.
The company offered a grant to this charity and also awarded the winner of the competition and his family with a weekend at Eurodisney, in Paris.
The theme of this year's Contest was Christmas at Makro seen through the eyes of a child. The postcard, «fruit of children's creativity, should illustrate a way of living Christmas in stores, with the freedom to approach the theme in various ways, from Christmas decorations, to the way in which store employees share this date with the family or even how Santa Claus makes his purchases at Makro stores», according to the company.
«This competition is a reference for the great meaning that we recognize and an initiative very well received by our employees. Through this action, we managed to unite generations, involve families without forgetting the aspect of social responsibility», according to Isabel Caeiro, responsible for Communication at Makro Portugal.
The IPSS elected to receive the donation in 2015 was CrescerSer, a nationwide institution that supports children and young people at risk, deprived of their families or victims of violence, «with great care and affection».
CrescerSer has seven Temporary Shelter Centres, «divided between children aged 0 to 12, boys aged 12 to 18, and recently, for young girls».
"The choice fell on the nobility of its objectives, such as promoting, organizing and boosting community services to support children, youth and family society, and boosting specialized training in the areas of protection, reception and monitoring of technicians related to the issue », added Makro.
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