Tickled Squirrel May 2015 | Page 28

CLINICA DENTAL GEERLINGS BONALBA Dr Victoria Garbarino Dr Eric Geerlings Asociación EMAUS The Emaus Association is based in Altea, Alicante and is one of the longest registered NGO’s in Spain. It was founded by Francisco Nadal and named as a public utility by the Spanish government just one year after it began – that was 35 years ago! The association cares www.clinicadentalgeerlings.es for orphans, abused and battered women and their children, children with disabilities, and also pensioners, regardless of religion, race or creed and only wanting to care, help and protect the needy of our society. English, Spanish and Dutch Spoken Telephone: 965 959 714 Montse Fiter, President of the association recently said, “Having been continually let down by the Valencian government, and with the threat of closure on our doorstep we have been forced to take things into our own hands hence the setting up of our new user friendly ‘euro a month’ donation page. We know it’s a difficult time for most people with the current financial situation of the country but we are pleading with the ex-pat community to once again help us out. Can you afford to donate just one euro a month? I have said many times, if it wasn’t for the help of the foreigners here in Spain then the Emaus Association would have died long ago.” €uro A Month The association now has a new ambassador, Janine Duvitski, for their campaign. Janine, well known for her role as Jacqueline Stewart in the hit comedy TV series Benidorm, has agreed to do all she possibly can to help promote the association’s new donation website www.euroamonth.com and she is pleading with companies to help out by making a regular monthly donation to ‘euro a month’ in return that the company will be marketed alongside the new high profile donation site. Janine said, “I have seen the most wonderful work being done for people who are really in need and this is a wonderful o