Cantina Le Manzane donates a check of 13,780 euros for the SLA

Another battle won thanks to solidarity. A check for € 13,780 was delivered yesterday to the non-profit organization Revert for SLA research , thanks to a project developed in collaboration with the social enterprise Edipo Re . And precisely Oedipus Re, the historic boat that was the scene of the extraordinary crossings of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas, hosted the delivery of the proceeds of the 8th "Solidarity Harvest - Party and charity in the Land of Prosecco Superiore" last September 8 at the cellar The Manzane of San Pietro di Feletto (TV ).

«Today we write the last page of this beautiful project - explained Ernesto Balbinot and his wife Silvana Ceschin, owners of the Le Manzane company - we are happy to contribute in our small way to finance research on brain stem cells to stem the damage caused by neurodegenerative diseases. It is our duty to thank all the sponsors, partners, the many volunteers and the hundreds of people who participate with us in the charity event every year at the end of summer, which this year will reach its ninth edition. The solidarity harvest, in fact, does not stop and in September the proceeds from the grape harvest festival will be donated to the Covid departments of Ulss 2 Marca Trevigiana ».

«8 years of solidarity to make resources available for those experiencing difficult situations. We have a company that returns to the territory. I believe this should be acknowledged at the Le Manzane winery, "said Loris Dalto, deputy mayor of San Pietro di Feletto , present at the time of delivery of the check.

"The proceeds from the solidarity harvest - said Angelo Righetti, member of the Revert board of directors - will be destined for various projects of the International Social Economy Network. The most relevant is what Revert is carrying out for research on neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and experimentation directly on patients. In a network system and in a region, such as Veneto, which can boast a very high percentage of volunteers out of the total population, initiatives like this can make a difference especially for a non-profit organization such as ours, which has many difficulties in receiving public funding. . The donation of the solidarity harvest represents an important element for us to carry out larger projects ».

In the meantime Sibylle Righetti, president of Oedipus Re , has announced the latest news: a partnership that will bring the solidarity harvest from the hills of Prosecco Superiore di Conegliano Valdobbiadene on the Oedipus Island to Venice every year, virtually joining together two Unesco sites. "The contribution that we have decided to make as a social enterprise - he explained - is to serve, on board of the Oedipus Re, solidarity prosecco, the result of the great grape harvest festival organized by the Le Manzane estate, with our products to ethical kilometer. An idea that started last year when we started conveying the message of the solidarity harvest during the Social Food Festival, a tasting space in the heart of the Venice Film Festival, and which we will repeat every year thus supporting the charity initiative » .

The partners and sponsors who shared the beneficial objectives of the 2019 solidarity harvest are: Antenna Tre, Arti Grafiche Conegliano, Banca Prealpi SanBiagio, Battistella Capsule, Dersut Caffe ', Photo Francesco Galifi, Generalvetri, Icas, Ideeuropee, Restaurant Relais Ca' del Poggio, Rotas, S. Bernardo Tappi Spumante and S'Paul n 'Co. Design. The initiative was sponsored by the Veneto Region, the Province of Treviso and the Municipalities of San Pietro di Feletto, Conegliano and Valdobbiadene with the support of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Wine Protection Consortium, the association of social promotion XI of "Marca" and of the Club n ° 40 Frecce Tricolori Conegliano.

The Revert Onlus Association was founded in 2003 to finance, promote and encourage research on brain stem cells with the aim of finding a cure for neurodegenerative diseases. At the moment the clinical trial on patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, conducted by prof. Angelo Vescovi, is one of the most advanced in the international scientific panorama and constitutes a real possibility of finding a cure for this disease which affects 7,000 people in Italy with 1,500 new cases a year.