Today, Charles Ange Ginésy, President of the Alpes-Maritimes, and Eric Ciotti, President of the department’s finance committee, hosted within the gardens of the Departmental Council three donation ceremonies by the Departmental Olympic and Sports Committee (CDOS), Azur Sport Organisation, and the Bakers Federation, for the benefit of the victims of storm Alex, in the presence of the organizations’ presidents.
Storm Alex, an unprecedented ordeal for our territory and its inhabitants: 10 dead, eight people still missing, houses and public infrastructure blown away, 35 km of departmental roads and a dozen bridges destroyed, and a severely impacted economy.
Just over six months after the disaster that ravaged our valleys on October 2 and 3, 2020, reconstruction will require several years and considerable financial resources, estimated at 1 billion euros.
The urgent response put in place by local authorities, led by the Alpes-Maritimes Department, was joined by an extraordinary human, material, and financial solidarity at the local, regional, and national levels. A lasting solidarity.
Because, while in our current world one piece of news replaces another, and one disaster makes us forget the previous one, no one in the Alpes-Maritimes can forget Storm Alex and the suffering it caused in the Roya and Vésubie areas, notably.
The Donors
The participants attended a ceremony where three checks totaling nearly €78,000 were handed over.
The sports movement of the Alpes-Maritimes, through the CDOS 06 represented by its President, Philippe Manassero: a €50,000 check, with donations coming from: the company Toyota, partner of the Olympic and sports movement — €20,000 —, and numerous committees, leagues, clubs, individuals…
Azur Sport Organisation (ASO), organizer of major sporting events with 50,000 participants per year, represented by its President Pascal THIRIOT: a €23,728 check, corresponding to the registration fees (€2) and donations from the 4,738 participants of the 2021 “connected” edition of the Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes Marathon (canceled in-person but held virtually).
The Federation of Master Bakers and Pastry Bakers 06, a long-standing “friendly” professional federation of the Alpes-Maritimes Department, represented by its President Gilles Dutto and Vice-President Patrick GossetT, accompanied by the President of the U2P06: Michel Tricart and the Secretary General of the U2P06: Carine PAPY: a €4,000 check
