Have you ever heard of suspended spending? Here's what it is about and how you can participate in the various solidarity initiatives. For a peaceful Christmas for everyone
TO Christmas shopping rhymes with "suspended". In this period perhaps more than in others we feel the need to be supportive with those less fortunate than us. And among many charitable initiatives where we can participate there is the one, in fact, of suspended spending. It involves buying basic food items and donating them to those in need, leaving "a paid expense" to those who cannot afford it: an idea taken from the Campania custom of "Suspended coffee", when a coffee is paid for at the bar for the next customer. Between associations and supermarkets, there are several ways to make a suspended expense, all over Italy. The initiatives exploded last spring with the emergency COVID-19 and many have been extended to this day.
Spending suspended in shops and supermarkets in Rome's municipalities
TO Rome, the various municipalities have entered into agreements with small shops and supermarkets for the collection of basic necessities with points where citizens can donate part of their shopping. Food is collected by voluntary associations and distributed throughout the territory. At this link you can see, for example, the stores participating in the initiative in the Municipality I.
Spending suspended in Lombardy: you can donate food or money
In Lombardy the spesasospesa.org project, activated thanks to the collaboration between Terre des Hommes is Lombardy Food Bank, allows you to collect donations of money and food with a guarantee of transparency and traceability. Citizens in difficulty receive baskets with food items delivered by local non-profit organizations directly to their homes. Through the Regusto platform, companies, distribution chains and local producers can both donate surplus or expiring products and sell their products at discounted prices.
Spending suspended in supermarkets
Different supermarket chains support the suspended spending initiative. Esselunga customers, for example, can contribute a thousand Fidaty points to support the solidarity spending project to donate 15 euros of basic necessities to the most needy. Inside the supermarkets they can instead participate in the collection of foodstuffs such as tuna, canned meat, oil, legumes, peeled tomatoes, baby food, pasta and rice that will be donated to voluntary associations that will distribute them to those in need. . Carrefour offers suspended spending with Banco Alimentare: you can make a cash donation directly at the cash desk or donate basic necessities. Suspended purchases can also be made at various Coop points throughout the country.
Spending suspended by the farmer
Who does the shopping in the markets and in the farms of Campagna Amica di Coldiretti, spread throughout Italy, can decide to donate fruit, vegetables, flour, cheeses, meats or other foodstuffs made in Italy and at zero km that the farmers of Campagna Amica will go to deliver free of charge to needy families. It starts on Saturday 12 December from the Campagna Amica market in via San Teodoro 74 in Rome.
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