From Dunkirk to Marseille by bike, 5,000 euros collected, a project that has become exceptional over time according to Gilles SalfatiA sporting achievement accompanied by a large check for medical research! €5,000 were handed over this Saturday, September 24 by a lawyer from the Marseille bar to the Bouches-du-Rhône Cancer League. Funds raised thanks to the great odyssey of Gilles Salfati : 2,500 kilometers by bike accompanied by Jean-Yves Chouraqui, an engineer friend, from Dunkirk to Marseille via the Normandy coast, Brittany, or the Bordeaux region, before arriving to applause before the Marseille court.
– Alexandre Lepere
In total, Gilles Salfati has spent 24 days on the bike since leaving at the end of August. A project that has become exceptional over time according to the lawyer “we realized that the project was going to catch on. We did almost everything we wanted.”
A big boost for cancer research
“We lived strong moments, with a lot of solidarity and benevolence. We rubbed shoulders with the League against cancer in all the regions we crossed” rejoiced Gilles Salfati on his descent from the bike. A fundraiser in any case for the pediatric department from the Marseille hospital in Timone. “This gesture brings us enormous publicity” illustrates Pierre Garosi, the president of the league against cancer in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
– Alexandre Lepere
So how will the money raised be used? “Only for research” completes Pierre Garosi. A breakthrough to continue to improve treatments: thanks to research, 4 out of 5 children are now cured of childhood cancer.
How to participate in the pot?
To salute the sporting achievement of Gilles Salfati in turn, it is always possible to make a donation on the Leetchi kitty “Let’s defend life.” Over the whole of 2022, the Bouches-du-Rhône Cancer League hopes to donate 200,000 euros to the Timone hospital research center.