Guarujá eco challenge collects 4 tonnes, Instituto Leão do Mar at awards
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Santos FC took part in a Sustainable Challenge in Guarujá this Friday (25) as part of the launch week of the Instituto Leão do Mar. The event took place at Unaerp and brought together 5th- and 6th-grade students from 22 schools in the municipal school system. The children who won the challenge received Santos FC and Instituto Leão do Mar shirts, along with tickets to a match at Vila Belmiro and to the Memorial das Conquistas.
The challenge was organized by the Guarujá City Hall, through the Department of Environment and Climate Security (Semam), with support from the Departments of Education (Seduc) and Sports and Leisure (Sel). The competition involved collecting recyclable materials, including paper, plastic, metal, tetra pak packaging, e-waste (electronic waste or household appliances), and used cooking oil. In total, with more than 1,300 students involved, just over four tons were collected.
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Present at the event were Santos FC Management Committee member Luiz Roberto Colombo, administrative manager Luiz Fernando Vella, Guarujá mayor Farid Madi, organized supporters, and former players Marcelo Passos and Negreiros, an Eternal Idol.
“We are doing historic work. The future of our country depends on education, because these children are the ones who will make a difference later on. This initiative in Guarujá was very positive, and all these children deserve congratulations,” commented Luiz Roberto Colombo.
Guarujá mayor Farid Madi highlighted the participation of younger people in environmental preservation. “It is important that this awareness work be done with these children so they learn to respect nature and understand the importance of preserving the environment. We need to make the world better, and environmental preservation has everything to do with that. We had many children participating. They went out, collected trash, picked up plastic bottles and cans. And that is very good because, in the future, I know these children will have a better understanding of how important it is to preserve nature.”
(Photos: Mayara Rached/Santos FC)
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