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FCC volunteers continue participating in their corporate citizenship program at the Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia retirement homes as part of the second cycle of con-ferences known as “Fridays at the retire-ment homes”. The FCC volunteer program has counted on the last few months with the presence of:

Jaime Mayor Oreja, member of the Euro-pean Parliament and vice-chairman of the European Popular Party. On 6 May, he vi-sited the Nuestra Casa de Collado Villalba

home to share with the residents and staff his ideas on the Spanish presence in twen-ty-frst century Europe.

The managing director of the Cementos Portland Valderrivas Group Environment and Sustainability department, José Igna-cio Elorrieta also visited the Collado Villalba home where he gave a speech on climate change. With the support of a slide presen-tation, he mentioned that since 50 years ago there is proven data demonstrating that the actions of humans have had an impact on the environment and are responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. This is one of the reasons why spring co-mes earlier than usual, why glaciers are melting, the more frequent fuctuations in temperatures, etc.

The last event in May was the performan-ce of the soprano Solange Aroca, the te-nor Mario Ferrér, the baritone Alexandre Alcántara who interpreted various Zarzuela pieces.

In June, the journalist and writer Carmen Duerto, accompanied by the refexologist Natalia de Cortabitarte and the painter Mi-riam Fontaneda shared some videos with the residents explaining the techniques used in manufacturing jewelry and Swiss

Fridays at the retire