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The public library of San Javier has joined the solidarity program Murcia Regional Library "Quitapesares" which involves removing penalties for late return of book loans in exchange for nonperishable food to be delivered to Caritas.

In the case of San Javier, the program introduces some new features like its effect throughout the entire year, and the complicity of the other councilors, promoted and promoting this initiative which has also joined the platform affected by mortgages , explained the library coordinator, Antonio Diaz presented the project accompanied by the Councillor for Social Services, Francisca Naranjo, Youth, Estíbaliz Masegosa responsible food and Caritas San Javier, Santiago Martinez.

Antonio Diaz explained that the library thus incorporates this act of solidarity to its regular program of activities, becoming fixed point of a weekly collection of food that will be delivered to Caritas.

Thus, with or without penalty, any person may bring nonperishable food to San Javier libraries where each day pass by about 300 people, as well as Santiago de la Ribera and La Manga.

The head of Caritas food warehouse in San Javier, Santiago Martinez welcomed the initiative that joins others already underway and that have enabled the store is able to respond at this time to 154 families currently benefit of food delivery in San Javier.

Santiago Martinez said that in total, more than 700 people, of which about 300 are children, those receiving food are donated to Caritas, and that the total beneficiary families 55 percent are Spanish, with 20 per San Javier percent natural.

The 35 percent of households are food-go to the Maghreb and the remaining 10 percent Hispanic.

Martinez thanked especially the Consum supermarket periodic donations of San Javier which last year contributed 600,000 kilos of food, or fresh from Agromediterránea about 2,000 liters of milk and school campaigns like "Sacred Heart", San Javier that bring hundreds of kilos, and companies that especially at this time made significant donations.

Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier