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Date Published: 20/10/2023

Los Alcazares businesses and neighbourhood association donate over 1,000 euros to MABS

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The Albatros Residencia made more than 10 times their target amount

Los Alcazares businesses and neighbourhood association donate over 1,000 euros to MABS

Businesses in and around Los Alcázares came together to raise over 1,000 euros for the MABS cancer charity on the Mar Menor last week. The Albatros Residencia residential community association presented a giant cheque to MABS this Thursday October 19 for the sum of 1,146 euros.

Albatros Residencia is a residential community of 193 dwellings based in Los Alcázares which routinely organises coffee mornings and petanque games for the local home owners, long-term renters and friends.

At Los Alcázares’s Caldero Day on October 12, they provided a barbecue and drinks and sold raffle tickets, all with the aim of having a surplus of maybe 100 euros to donate to charity.

What they never expected was to raise over 1,000 euros!

“We hoped to attract 50 attendees, but community spirit raised this to 69, plus people who dropped in on the day for a chat and to buy raffle tickets,” said Albatros president, Gary Hull.

Gary praised the community for pitching in and pulling together to make the day a success, especially Lisa, Chris and Janette.

“Janette, with her huge list of local contacts took the lead, and persuaded 23 business owners to provide prizes and donations [to the raffle],” said Gary. “As President, I suggested that the donation should be to a charity which everyone could relate to, with MABS Cancer Support Foundation immediately springing to mind. The vote was unanimous.”

With attendee ticket sales, donations and the raffle, they managed to raise a total of 1,146 euros.

While this amount couldn’t have been achieved without the Albatros community, the organisers especially wished to thanks the local businesses that supported the effort with donations and raffle prizes:

Boochies
Buena Vista
Campbells
Chefs Table
Craig Hadley Massage & Physical Therapy
Currys
Delish
Fresco
Fusion
Ghurka Durbar
Infiniti
Little Sicily
Lounge Bar
Martinas Shoes
Parking Cafe
Pearls Place
Perlitas
Phil the Barber
Probuild
Rico
Sibarit
Veni
Zarcos

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MABS Murcia Mar Menor are based in San Javier and form part of the MABS cancer support group which provides cancer support along the Spanish coastline. The Murcia Mar Menor group have a charity shop and a cancer centre, offering a raft of support initiatives for those touched by the hand of cancer in the Mar Menor area.

The charity is well supported by local residents and volunteering provides a chance to not only help and assist cancer sufferers but also integrate into the local community, and volunteers are always very welcome to help out in a multitude of ways either directly working with patients, fundraising or helping out in the shop.

Helpline number is 693 275 779

The MABS Mar Menor Cancer Centre is located at:
Calle Roma 2, San Javier, 30730
Open: Monday - Friday 10.00am - 2.00pm
Telephone: 968 191 300

The Cancer Centre provides a central point for all those affected by cancer to find up-to-date information, support, counselling and therapy. The Therapy Room provides treatments to cancer patients and members of the public, donating a percentage of income to the Centre each month. Patients can also receive advice and treatment from reflexology and tricology experts, who are available every Friday. Call the Centre to make an appointment.

MABS Murcia Mar Menor Charity Shop Tel: 968 191 300 / Mob: 634 307 951

To support and fund this facility, MABS have a large retail area in the form of our charity shop which sells high quality, new and nearly new clothing and accessories, bric-a-brac, books, CDs, furniture and more.All donations are very welcome and we are always keen to welcome volunteers who can help out in the shop for a few hours a week.

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The MABS Cancer Support Group was founded in 1999 by five women (4 British and 1 Austrian), all of whom had had breast cancer. Originally named MARINA ALTA BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP, their aim was to provide support to cancer patients and their families on the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol. News traveled fast and the medical profession was soon referring ALL types of cancers to the Group for support, so the name was changed to MABS CANCER SUPPORT GROUP to reflect this.

They provide information on the type of cancer, treatment, side effects, where to buy wigs and prosthesis, etc. MABS provides translators for clinic and hospital appointments, as well as drivers who will collect the person from home and deliver them to the place of treatment, wait for them, and take them home again.

MABS receives no financial assistance from local or regional governments and relies on fundraising and donations from local organisations.

The Group now has branches with co-ordinators in Jávea, Gran Alacant, Torrevieja , Murcia/Mar Menor, Mazarrón, North-west Murcia, Mojacar and Marbella, but there are supporters in most towns.

MABS Cancer Support Group is a registered charity and is funded from the community in Spain . We are non profit making and all monies raised remain here in Spain, helping the people who need it most. All accounts are audited annually by our President, Mrs Jacquelyne Phillips MBE.

People diagnosed with cancer anywhere in the world face many challenges that may leave them feeling overwhelmed, afraid and alone. If diagnosis or treatment takes place in another country this is an added difficulty to cope with, e.g. not being native can cause added stresses and this is why MABS are working to ease these problems.

As their motto says – help is just a phone call away