More than a thousand Baby pelones of Juegaterapia Foundation this Saturday they will occupy the seats of the José Zorrilla Stadium during the game that will be played on Real Valladolid and the Real Madrid, with the objective of make a pathology visible which affects more than a thousand minors in Spain each year.
The initiative is part of the World Childhood Cancer Day, held this week, and has the collaboration of the Real Valladolid Foundation and with the support of LaLiga, as reported by the Blanquivioleta club through its website.
The Juegaterapia Foundation help children with cancer through play and the transformation of hospital environments, so that patients oncological treatments are more bearable, such as the installation of a movie theater at the Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, among other actions.
Los Baby Pelones, designed in homage to children with cancer who lose hair as a result of treatmentThey help finance this type of project, since one hundred percent of the profits from their sale are destined for that purpose.
Can be purchased at a price of 13.95 euros through the web Jugueterapia.org and in various shopping centers. Well-known characters such as Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, David Bisbal, Elsa Pataky or Sara Carbonero are some of those who have collaborated with this Foundation in the design of the scarves that the solidarity dolls wear.
With what is obtained from the sale of Baby Pelones, through this collaboration with the Real Valladolid Foundation, it is planned finance a new “Garden of my hospi” on the roof of a children's oncology hospital, for which the challenge of achieving the 15,000 dolls purchased this weekend.
“We are very grateful to the Real Valladolid Foundation and LaLiga for supporting us in this initiative. We hope that the Baby Pelones reach many homes to continue doing projects in other hospitals and help more boys and girls to live his childhood playing, even if it is from the hospital “, has commented Mónica Esteban, founder and president of Juegaterapia.
Therefore, and for the first time in almost a year, the José Zorrilla stadium of Valladolid will have an audience in its stands, those more than a thousand Baby Pelones, who will occupy the empty seats of the installation to receive Real Madrid.