It is a sinister discovery that Patrick Mariette made on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. While going to his garage, in Portel, the person in charge of the local Telethon branch discovered that the door had been folded and, inside , a real rampage : “Everything was upside down! We were stolen a lot of things, broken a lot of things too. Everything was gutted, it’s a disaster!“
He stored thousands of lots here for the annual Telethon campaign, which takes place on Saturday, December 4. They are used during the Boulonnais supermarket tour to call on individuals to donate for the raffle. There were small objects, toys, fairy lights. Some have disappeared, but most of them have deteriorated.
“It’s hurtful for my son!”
Patrick Mariette is the father of a boy with myopathy, Loïc who is in his thirties, is desperate for this situation, he who is committed to improving the lives of sick children on a daily basis. “Going to collect the prizes, it’s 100 kilometers each time and it’s months of work with the volunteers “, he observes.
What is hurtful is that it is my son who buys the lots, he does that because he is the only hope to live! ”
He intends to file a complaint and an investigation has already been opened by the Public Security of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Fortunately, thanks to the action of individuals and volunteers, the Telethon can still organize his supermarket rounds this week in the Boulonnais. Half of the lots remain unharmed. “We have to hang on because it’s for our children, and when I see my son in his electric chair, I tell myself that I don’t have the right to let go, on the contrary “, explains Patrick Mariette.