The Suspended Toy is back again this year: in all toy shops whoever wants to can buy a game to leave to the less fortunate.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousNaples, friend of less fortunate children, is back at Christmas! In the wake of the now famous suspended coffee, this year the Neapolitan city inaugurates the Suspended Toy: in all toy shops and participating bookstores, whoever wants to can buy a toy to leave and thus allow those who need it to pick it up.
Now in its fourth year, the initiative is promoted by the Department of Heritage, Public Works and Youth of the Municipality of Naples with the aim, as stated in the press release, to "recognize the right to play - enshrined in art . 31 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - as a fundamental tool for the development of the child ".
A beautiful and very sweet way, therefore, to offer parents of disadvantaged families the opportunity to ensure their children a Christmas gift. With the “Suspended toy”, in fact, those who can give toys to less well-off children: anyone who buys a toy can leave another one in the shop and assign it to those who have difficulty buying it.
A beautiful gesture of solidarity that already in previous editions has met with great success and has made it possible to collect more than 2 thousand "suspended" games that were delivered directly to less wealthy families during the Christmas period or distributed in January to voluntary associations that for years they have been working with children all over the territory: from the Secondigliano to the Barra districts, from the Sanità to Pianura districts.
For now, the owners of toy shops and bookstores interested are invited on the Municipality website to join the initiative to submit their candidacy.
Meanwhile, here are some names of participating shopkeepers: Junior Toys, Casa mia, Natullo toys, Leonetti, La Girandola toys in Via Nicolardi, La Girandola in Via Toledo, Baby Bendrew, Arcobalocchi toys, Bibi, children's library, La Città del Sole Napoli Chiaia , the Mancini bookshop, the Lieto bookshop.
How the donation works:
- whoever makes the donation will collect a receipt
- at the same time the shopkeeper will take note, in a special register, of the name of the donor, the date of purchase, the serial number of the receipt and the chosen toy model
- people who request it will be able to collect the gift by delivering a copy of their valid identity document to the shopkeeper
- the shopkeeper will issue a fiscal receipt with an amount equal to zero or a fiscal receipt bearing the words "unpaid consideration" and will keep copies of the identity documents of those who benefit from the gift, for later confirmation
- the check on the correct carrying out of the initiative will be ensured by the Local Police of the Municipality of Naples
So what are you waiting for? Let's make Christmas truly magical for everyone!
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