From the aperitif in the center to the gala dinner and fundraising. The adventure started in June last year by Simone and Simona is not over yet. He is Venturi and lives with his family in Gattolino (Cesena) and is an ALS patientamyotrophic lateral syndrome, the terrible disease that blocks the muscles of the body, but not those of the mind. Her surname is Giordani and she is a case manager for the Romagna Local Health Authority. He has been following the case for some time and everything that has happened in the last year was born from this working relationship.
AND It was from this winning combination that the idea was born, expressed to some friends, of being able to bring a flower to the mother’s grave and then to meet up with old friends, in the historic center, for an aperitif that remained in the hearts of those who were there. they took part, in Piazza della Libertà. From there other friendships were born which allowed the family of his wife Cristina, together with their children Martina and Michele, to spend an evening in a pizzeria before leaving for holidays in Campania.
It is on that occasion that Israel De Vito, president of Misericordia Valle del Savio, realizes the inadequacy of the means used for transport. For that kind of disabled people you need an equipped minibus, designed and set up in a particular way.
The businessman Roberto Graziani supports the holiday trip and then gets involved in a new project: building an ambulance for ALS patients. In Italy, there are at most two or more of that type of car Three.
Hence the idea of promoting the Verdi evening which was held last Friday 24 May in the presence of Bishop Douglas Regattieri. At the start of the meeting, video messages of greetings and encouragement from the president of Misericordie Italia are listened to, Domenico Gianiformer commander of the Vatican Gendarmerie, and of the president of the Emilia Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini.
Over one hundred people act as a backdrop Simon That he is surrounded by friends old and new. He says hello thanks to the voice pointer that translates his thoughts into words. Among the guests there is also the regional councilor for tourism, Andrea Corsini, which brings support to the proposal put forward. Then it is up to the ASL directors Paola Ceccarelli and Francesco Sintonirespectively of the Cesena-Valle del Savio and Forlì-Valle del Rubicone health districts, with the neurologist Simonetta Morresito make those in the theater understand what it means to live with a disease like ALS. Simona Giordani talks about what has happened since last year and how the emergence of a need led to the start of a subscription. The artist tempers the atmosphere of the evening Cristiano Militello which has the merit of making everyone smile with healthy humor.
The objective remains clear to everyone: to get it off the ground a fundraiser, with the aim of over 76 thousand euros, to be able to move freely, as the title of the gala at the “Verdi” states: “mobility across borders”. To give wings to those who have lost them, but can find them again.
For subscriptions, please visit the Miseriavalledelsavio.it website
