Sunday 7 September, the enchanting village of San Marco d’Alunzio will host the Fifth edition of the “Motorduno for life”an awareness event on the donation of organs and fabrics organized byIRCCS Neurolese Center “Bonino Pulejo” of Messina in collaboration with the municipal administration.
This year, the motorcycle motorcycle is dedicated to the memory of Alessia De Domenicoa young mother from Messina disappeared last April after a long period of coma. Admitted to the Neurolese Center, Alessia made a gesture of extraordinary generosity, giving her corneas after the death, thus allowing other people to find their sight.
The program of the day will start at 8:00 at the Po Piedmont, with the departure of the motorcycles scheduled for 8:30. Once they arrive in San Marco d’Alunzio, the participants will attend the Holy Mass of 11:00.
At 12:00, in Piazza Aluntina, the conference will be held “The culture of donation: a gesture for life“. There will be numerous speakers, including the strategic management of the IRCCS and the creators of the event, Salvatore Leonardi and Maria Felicita Crupi. The representatives of the main associations of donors such as Aido, Admo, Avis, Fasted and donating is lifein addition to the local coordinators for the donation of the bodies of the Messina hospital companies. The conference will be enriched by the touching testimonies of two patients who have received the gift of corneas and a kidney.
The event represents an important opportunity to reflect on the importance of donation as an act of love and hope, a theme dear to all those who work every day to spread this culture.