With the double intention of bringing joy to thousands of children with toys and contribute to the environment, Town hall of the National District, together with the private sector and State institutions, carried out the fifth version of “Plastics for Toys“, an activity that took place in front of the council headquarters, in order and in a festive atmosphere.
This year the measures of security They were augmented with dozens of agents from the National Police, members of the Army and municipal police who were stationed around the entire perimeter of the municipal palace headquarters. Furthermore, a rigorous security system with drones managed from an operations center to have control of the entire activity space.
Children and adults lined up from early Sunday morning in an organized manner with protective fences that marked the directions of entrances and exits both to deposit the plastics how to receive the toysin an area that ranged from Independencia Avenue to the Malecón and from Héroes de Luperón Street to Hipólito Herrera Billini, in the Centro de los Héroes.
This time the bottles plastic They were received on Fray Cipriano de Utrera Street, behind the Town hallwhere in an organized way people walked through a labyrinth to a place where they were weighed and given a ticket with which the beneficiaries could withdraw their toys.
Carolina Mejia: Each child received their gift
The mayoress Carolina Mejiaexplained to Free Diary, that this year it has been possible to incorporate learning that had not been included in the other versions, which has been a more joyful activity in which children, in addition to toysthey received food, water and a musical show appropriate to their age.
“As we have organized it in a different way, what is sought is that the families who come here have the dignified treatment they deserve and, above all, that the order for which we always work,” he indicated.
Mejía assured that like previous versions, every child who went to “Plastics for Toys“He received his gift because they had enough. “In all the events we have held, there has never been a lack of a toy, nor a tabletnever, what happens is that for the order and the way it was before, people came with the cover to the point here, but no longer, the point remains in the weighing.
The mayoress thanked the city council staff who worked on the preparations, organization and delivery of the toysin the reception of the bottlesthe securityas well as the companies sponsors of the toys such as: Propagas, Banreservas, Banco Popular, Banco BHD, Café Santo Domingo, Dominicana Compañía de Seguros, Martí, Uepa Tickets, Coca-Cola, Hilos de Amor, McDonald’s and Farmacias GBC.
The millions of bottles collected are delivered to foundations and institutions such as Hilos de Amor, Juegos Botellas de Amor and others, which are dedicated to transforming these plastics in real estate such as banks, trash cans and other items.
