Salò Hosts ‘One Hundred Associations’ Event Showcasing Community Activities
Salò will host the “One Hundred Associations” event, now in its third edition. Cultural, sports, and volunteer groups will be present along the lakeside promenade and in the streets of the historic center, from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM, to showcase their activities. There will also be entertainment. In case of bad weather, the event will be postponed to October 14.
The associations will present their activities (under gazebos or sitting at tables). A simple promotion on a natural stage — a new way to increase visibility. Here are some names.
The associations and their activities
Volunteer ecological guards, the Valle del Barbarano committee (promotion and recovery of the territory), Amici del golfo (water protection, creation of new beaches and the pedestrian path from Tavine to Canottieri), and Lega Ambiente (Environmental League).
In terms of assistance, there is the Solidarity Group (providing visits to the elderly at home or in nursing homes), the management committee of Centro sociale «I pini», the Alcoholics Treatment Club, Cordata, “Donna per Donna” (Women for Women), Pensioners, the Court for Patients’ Rights, Volunteers of Gianfranco Rodella, the Italian Rescuers Association (which organizes courses to teach the public how to intervene in case of accidents), Valtenesi Resco, Avis (Blood Donors Association), and the Civil Protection IX District.
Sports and cultural organizations
In the sports sector, there will be Polisportiva Libertas, Robur Barbarano, football, Canottieri, fishery society, Cai (Italian Alpine Club), the Alpine troops of Villa, Serniga, and the provincial capital, Motorsport Association, Homerus (sailing for the visually impaired). There will also be various organizations: from the Astronomical Observatory to radio amateurs, scouts to astrophiles, the Citizen Band, the polyphonic choir to the Music Academy.
Numerous side events are scheduled. Dance schools will offer performances in the afternoon; “La corte” Association will feature tarot, runes, minstrels with guitars, and masters of carving and marquetry; Asar will showcase local books and writers in the Sala dei Provveditori; “Contrasti” will offer skating ramps; the “Amici dell’arte” will display paintings and painters in the square; Cai will set up a climbing gym; students from D’Annunzio State Middle School will perform flute and piano concerts.
Additionally: vintage radios, telecommunications, world dances, and animation with the folk group Girovagando. Shows, music, and fun will fill the historic center of Salò, transforming it into a vast stage where associations can voice their projects and initiatives, and attract new potential members.
