The NH Collection Hotel ‘Palacio de Burgos’ hosted this afternoon the traditional Down Syndrome Gala Burgos-Estela Businessmen Club, which has already completed eighteen editions.
An event that this year featured the badminton player, Carolina Marín, for his exemplary sporting career, National Police for its bicentennial and its vocation to serve others in these 200 years, and to the administrator of the Hoteles Corona Group, Juan Carlos Barriocanal, for the employment it has generated in the group, those who have received the special awards of the entity.
Down Burgos has also recognized the social involvement of ten companies grouped in the Estela Businessmen’s Club and five institutions for the job placement of young people with Down Syndrome. This is the case of Burger King, CaixaBank, Carrefour, GlaxoSmithKline, Grupo Cropu, Hotel Landa Palace, Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Obramat, Pepsico, Telepizza, Fundación Adecco, Confederation of Business Associations of Burgos (FAE), City Council of Burgos, Provincial Council of Burgos and University of Burgos (UBU).
This year, due to the situation in Spain due to DANA, from Down Burgos The traditional Gala cocktail has been eliminated, and the cost of it will be donated to the Burgos Red Cross, to help people affected by the catastrophe.
In statements to the media before the start of the event, the president of Down Burgos, Begoña Carpintero, highlighted how special this day is for all those who make up the association. “It is their important day, they live it with great enthusiasm,” he indicated. A gala that also allows “to value the hiring of people with Down Syndrome and intellectual disabilities.
There are currently 15 members of Down Burgos hired by companies in the city, and it is precisely the same number of companies that contribute to this access to the world of work. “For them it is normalizing their lives, having that opportunity that other people have,” stated the president.
