In Lyon, solidarity boxes to send for Christmas
AFP / Archives Charly Triballeau
The Solidarity Boxes operation is introduced at the end of the year, to make a gesture for the people most in need.
In Lyon and all around, the Solidarity Boxes operation is renewed in 2022. The idea is simple: prepare a gift for a person in a very precarious situation. In the box, can be slipped a warm garment, a hygiene or care product, a non-perishable food product, a leisure object (book, card game, magazine) and a small personalized note, in the form of text or drawing. Each parcel, on which the recipient must be indicated (male, female or mixed) must be deposited before December in one of the collection points in the Lyon regionor until January 2023 in one of the local Red Cross units, which organizes its own collection.
5600 boxes sent
In 2021, in the Lyon region, 5,600 boxes were donated to more than 40 different associations (Camion du Coeur, United Riders, Secours Populaire, Gaelis, etc.), according to the City of Lyon. Their beneficiaries are homeless people, people living in hostels, families in great difficulty, students in difficulty, etc.