'Virtual' Easter collection launched by Costa del Sol food bank
Sunday, April 12, 2020 @ 9:35 PM
FOOD collection drives for the underprivileged are still being launched, even though they cannot take place in person or involve actual drop-off points in supermarkets – instead, cash donations are being taken online which will be spent on the usual non-perishables charities stock for those in need.
The Costa del Sol food bank – known as 'Bancosol' – has set up a 'virtual' collection for tomorrow (Good Friday) and Saturday, April 10 and 11 to replace its usual physical drop-offs.
Bancosol hopes to raise €300,000 for those who would have been in need anyway, and for households who are now suffering financially because of traders having to shut down temporarily during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Donors can make payments by sending a text message, if they have a Spanish mobile phone, to the number 38014 with the word ALIMENTOS ('food'), or on Bancosol's Teaming.net site.
They can also donate directly into the food bank's accounts, as the online poster (pictured above) being distributed includes these, complete with EBAN numbers: ES74 2100 2529 3502 1002 2162 (Caixabank), or ES38 2103 0285 7100 3000 2314 (Unicaja).
Customers at either of these banks will not have to pay a transfer fee.
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