Chartres: Santa Claus has already visited hospitalized children

By Inès Genetay
Published on 17 Dec 20 at 20:32

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The health crisis does not prevent the magic of Christmas… The proof at pediatric service of Hospital Center from Chartres (Eure-et-Loir).

The association Du Sport et Plus has filed this Monday 14 December 2020, beautiful gifts under the tree, thanks to its “Hôpital’Tour” operation. Throughout the week, volunteers walked the France and hospital services to bring a little balm to the heart in this gloomy period …

Ten services, four hundred gifts

“There are 400 gifts, that makes 40 gifts per service”, explains Eric Friedrich, the President of the association. The Hôpital’Tour went to Chartres, but also to Amiens, Villefranche, Aix-en-Provence, Creil, Clamart, Argenteuil …

Our goal is to comfort hospitalized children. With the crisis, in some cases, visits are very limited, it is not easy.

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It has been a few years since Sport and more supports them Chartres hospitals, “We also offer them equipment that the staff needs,” explains the president of Du Sport et Plus.

Improving daily life in the hospital thanks to sport

Last year, the association invited Karim Laghouag, Olympic athlete, at the Chartres Hospital Center.

“We want to improve the daily life of children and families through sport”, and this will also involve invitations to major sporting events when the health situation allows it …

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