BOLOGNA BASKETBALL 2016 DELIVERS CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHILDREN OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY OF SANT’ORSOLA
The Bologna Basket 2016, Serie B basketball team, this morning delivered some Christmas gifts for the children hospitalized in the Oncohematology department of the IRCSS Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, assisted by Ageop Ricerca Odv, which for 40 years has been involved in providing assistance and support to children suffering from oncohematological diseases and their families, as well as research.
The delivery, for reasons related to the pandemic situation, took place on the ramp of pavilion 13 of the hospital complex, in the presence of the president of BB2016, Rossano Guerri, and some managers and players of the Bolognese team.
The company donated various toys, red T-shirts with the team slogan “We Believe” and a picture with a team tank top with number 12 inside, which was then taken to the ward.
“We are happy to be alongside Ageop Ricerca and we hope that these gifts can make the days of hospitalized children more pleasant and can give them an extra smile – commented Guerri – Our athletes are proud to be able to take part in this initiative and have participated with great enthusiasm in this event “.
“Ageop Ricerca thanks Bologna Basket for the closeness shown through the donation of toys for children in pediatric oncology – he said Carla Tiengo, president of Ageop Ricerca Odv – We hope this is the beginning of a collaboration between two companies which, albeit in different areas, share the same founding values including the commitment to the life of the little ones “
