Lions in the square in Pisa 28 May 2022
It will take place Saturday 28 May in Piazza dei Miracoli, from 9.30 to 18.30, ‘Lions in Piazza’, a day dedicated to prevention and health education, with the presence of 12 campers equipped for the activity of multiple health screenings and 40 doctors who will put its professionalism is available for free specialist medical examinations, open to all citizens. At the event this morning at Palazzo Gambacorti were the deputy mayor Raffaella Bonsangue, the governor of the Tuscany Lions district, Giuseppe Guerra, the president of Clubs Pisa Host, Vincenzo Pennetti, the vice president of the Lions Club Pisa Certosa Adriana Galazzo, professor Roberto Spisni and Alessandro Panettoni, organizer of the event.
“We welcome as municipal administration to an initiative that is in line with the spirit of Lions, which has found all our willingness and interest to ensure that this day was held in our territory, intended to involve the whole community – he said. Deputy Mayor Raffaella Bonsangue – a day that is testimony to the commitment of the Lions, generalized in favor of the whole community, which we thank for this, in line with the principle of the association, which is ‘We serve’. During the day there will also be the naming of the roundabout between via vecchia Tramvia and via Emilia and Melvin Jones, founder of the Lions Club International ”.
“I thank the administration – said the governor of the Tuscany Lions district, Giuseppe Guerra – for giving support to the ‘Lions in piazza’ initiative, designed precisely to share the closeness of our association to the community, to all those in need, with a day that we have dedicated to health and health prevention. I thank all the organizations and associations involved who have helped us to implement this initiative. The carrying out of the initiative in Piazza dei Miracoli, given its international notoriety, will be a just recognition of the great social commitment that Lions International has shown all over the world since 1917 ”.
The initiative, thanks to the patronage of the Municipality of Pisa, will take place in the prestigious Piazza dei Miracoli and more precisely in the spaces close to the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo and Piazza dell’Arcivescovado. There will be many voluntary associations that will participate for the success of the event. Thanks to the agreement with the Federation of Mercies of Tuscany, in addition to the local Mercy, there will be Mercies from all over the region to consolidate an important partnership already established in past editions. The local Red Cross will also be present and will make its own equipped camper available. The Red Cross and the Misericordia of Pisa will also leave an ambulance available for the whole day for health care. No less than 40 doctors and volunteer staff will participate in the event and there will be over 30 gazebos from all over the Tuscan district and 12 medical clinics equipped for medical consultations.
The program
– From 8:00 to 9:30, installation of the gazebo of the participating Clubs and equipped campers.
– From 9:30 to 10:00 Lions parade with Pisan Philharmonic band – From Piazza Manin to Piazza Arcivescovado
– 10:00 am presentation and opening ceremony of LIONS IN PIAZZA in the presence of the institutions in the conference room of the Opera del Duomo – Piazza Arcivescovado
– 11:30 am inauguration of the roundabout in Melvin Jones in the presence of the Authorities
– From 10:30 to 18:30 – Free visits to citizens