2023-10-11 13:00:33
Gelati Dino has raised 3,145 euros with the sale of a charity ice cream. The money will go to the fight against childhood cancer in an initiative that is being carried out for the second year. The product could be purchased in 11 of the more than 30 establishments that Dino has distributed throughout Spain.
Coinciding with the month of raising awareness about this disease in boys and girls, the ice cream has been put on sale during September. It is creamy cocoa with milk, accompanied by hazelnut and cocoa cream and white chocolate flakes.
Gelati Dino creates a charity ice cream to raise money for the fight against childhood cancer
The communications director and third generation of the business, Sara Rossoexplains that “the initiative has been very well received this year, obtaining 24% more sales compared to 2022”. salty pretzel cookies, Gelati Dino raised 2,530 euros for this association.
The collection has been handed over in full toAssociation of Families with Oncological Children of Catalonia (AFANOC)
Raise awareness about cancer
“When they proposed this campaign to us last year, we thought it was a fantastic idea and in this way we launched Il Gelato Solidario, to lend a hand and raise awareness about childhood cancer” says Rosso who adds that the objective “is not only to contribute an economic amount, but also we want to give visibility to AFANOC and to their work that they accompany families with children suffering from cancer every day, offering their emotional support throughout the process.”
It is not only to contribute a financial amount, but we also want to give visibility to AFANOC
He also talks about the Casa dels Xuklis, where these families can stay during the months of the child’s treatment “to try to have as normal a life as possible considering the difficulties they have to overcome”.
The space has all the basic amenities, including a kitchen, indoor and outdoor common areas, and study rooms. “All this is thanks to the generous contributions of individuals and companies such as ours, which also wanted to contribute their bit and be part of this project”, he states.
AFANOC is a non-profit organization which for 35 years has highlighted the importance of accompanying children and their families during childhood cancer treatments. Provides psycho-emotional and social support to families, and also performs tasks ofaccompaniment to hospitalized children and young people.
45,000 liters of ice cream a year
Gelati Dino was founded in 1978 and for 45 years has offered artisan ice creams made from the Italian tradition, with natural ingredients and chosen in the best territories based on a careful and meticulous selection. The company produces 450,000 liters of ice cream each year and exceeds two hundred workersdistributed between the headquarters in Empuriabrava and more than thirty establishments in several countries.
Stores serve, on average, an ice cream every six seconds and they are mainly located all over the Costa Brava and in cities such as Girona, Barcelona and Madrid.
They are also in Torremolinos (Málaga), Zaragoza, Marrakech (Morocco), Perpignan (France), Doha (Qatar) and since last June in Calafell (Tarragona). Through the Pavese Gelato Creativo brand, it distributes ice creams to restaurants, with traditional flavors such as vanilla, chocolate or fruit sorbets, and gastronomic ones: Collverd foie mi-cuit or Sichuan pepper.
Custom made ice creams
Dino also offers ice cream made to order by chefs and the company works for Michelin-starred restaurants looking for curious and unique flavors. Manufactures and prepares ingredients and semi-finished products to sell to artisan ice cream professionals, through the Compagnia del Gusto brand. And buy the food of origin and directly from the producer. Such as nuts (pistachios and hazelnuts) and citrus fruits (tangerines and lemons), which come from the Piedmont region, Sicily and other areas of Italy.
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