Issue No. 1959 19 - 25 January 2023
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Image: Make A Smile
THE REAL HEROES
MAKE A SMILE organisation has named children’s carers as the unsung real heroes of Christmas. Thanks to the amazing support of the com munity, Make A Smile was able to spread some joy by do nating Christmas presents to 130 children in care. Tony Grande, founder of Make A Smile confirmed: “It’s been a total privilege to work with these outstanding profes sionals over the last 15 years. I’ve seen firsthand over the years how hard they work and how much they have sacrificed to benefit the children in their care. “Christmas has always been the most difficult time of the year for the children and their carers who also have to be
Founder, Tony Grande, surrounded by the carers.
away from their own families.” Tony added: “However it is thanks to the kindness, gen erosity and overwhelming show of love from the local community that has enabled the carers to make the chil dren’s Christmas a magical one.” Make A Smile is a nonprofit organisation helping children in care on the Costa Blanca un
der registered number: G 54763040. For the last 15 years Make A Smile, through teamwork with the community, has helped children in care by providing daytoday bits and bobs such as school materials and cloth ing, etc. Tony confirmed: “Make A Smile is determined at all times to make a positive impact on
society. The strong relationship we have with charities pro vides perfect examples of the benefits of the community working together to improve the lives of local underprivi leged and vulnerable adults and children.” For more information email: info@makeasmile.es or head to their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/makea smile.es.
FREE • GRATIS
Airport recovery THE good news is, it looks as though things are starting to pick up as AENA (the airport manage ment group which includes AlicanteElche Airport) closed 2022 with a total of 243,681,775 passengers. This figure represents an 88.5 per cent recovery in passenger traffic compared to 2019, the last year before the impact of the Covid19 pandemic. AlicanteElche Airport saw 13,202,880 passengers walk through its doors which, even with a decrease of 12.3 per cent compared to 2019, is a positive sign. As for the number of aircraft in operation, the air port confirmed they saw 90,109 planes fly through its skies.