{"id":4979,"date":"2018-09-14T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-idkids-com.azurewebsites.net\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2018-11-23T18:16:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:16:31","slug":"collaborateurs-didkids-community-se-mobilisent-lassociation-france-parrainages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate.idkids.com\/en\/collaborateurs-didkids-community-se-mobilisent-lassociation-france-parrainages\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00cfDKIDS employees help out at France Parrainages"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 25 November the \u00cfDKIDS international accounts team helped sort through clothes for a big community sale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In France one in five children is considered to be emotionally or socially vulnerable. To help these children with troubled families to flourish and build their future, the charity France Parrainages set up a community sponsorship scheme<\/a>. Volunteers regularly take these children in their own families. They build a special relationship which is vital to their sense of accomplishment, providing both learning and emotional support. The charity is located in Paris but has a number of satellite offices, including one in Lille supporting more than 200 children and teenagers (aged 2 to 18) in vulnerable situations.<\/p>\n

One of the sponsors is Gilles, a former \u00cfDKIDS market manager, who had the idea of holding a community sale and donating the profits to the charity to fund its activities. He wasted no time rolling up his sleeves! So \u00cfDKIDS stepped forward with a clothing donation made up of unsold \u00cfDTROCS<\/a> surplus\/sample stock. Other retail outlets (clothing and garden equipment) followed suit, with the total reaching several thousand items!<\/p>\n

Gilles and Cindy (another sponsor and a management controller) suggested our employees get involved in this great community event. The entire international accounts team helped sort through the donations in a warehouse in Roncq, about 15km from Lille. On 8 February more of the community’s employees joined them for this worthy cause.<\/p>\n

The sale will be held on 25 and 26 May in the Salle Lefebvre in Bondues (5km from the centre of Greater Lille). Let’s hope for record crowds!<\/p>\n

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The event on video\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n