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FCC Volunteers, in collaboration with the
Esther Koplowitz Foundation, and as part
of the 3rd conference cycle known as “Fri-
days at the Retirement Home” organized
different activities in May, June, and July at
Social Responsibility
Nostra Casa de Fort Pienc, Barcelona
Retirement Home
One of the activities carried out in Barce-
lona during these months was the garde-
ning workshop at the home which, be-
cause of its length, was divided into four
days. In the first one, starting on 3 May,
the residents were taught basic garde-
ning and were introduced to the “micro-
vegetable patch”, learning to plant to-
matoes, lettuce and basil in earthenware
pots, and to work with substrate.
On the second day, the workshop fo-
cused on interior and exterior plants.
Residents, family members, works, and
volunteers leaned about the great variety
of gardens and about the diversity, ne-
eds, characteristics, and peculiarities of
different plants.
Interior gardening was discussed on the
third day and, on the last day, 7 July, the
workshop was closed after going over
the subjects taught on during the entire
cycle.
The workshop was supervised by our
colleagues, Humberto Blanco Mata, Te-
chnical Agriculture Engineer, and specia-
lists from FCC’s Garden Department in
Catalonia.
Álvarez de Mon,
Fernando Ruiz, Victoria
Olivar, Jesús Rivasés,
Miguel Hernanz San Juan
and Estrella Pérez,
were guest-speakers in
May, June and July
the different retirement homes in Collado
Villalba (Madrid), Barcelona, and Valencia.
At the Nuestra Casa de Collado Villalba
Retirement Home, IESE professor Santiago
Álvarez de Mon gave a speech on “The art
of living” and Fernando Ruiz, chairman of
Deloitte gave a conference on “The art of
bullfighting: Part of our History” coinciding
with the San Isidro holidays.
At the end of May, “FCC Volunteers” en-
joyed the visit of Salvador Victoria Bolívar,
Secretary of Social Affairs of the Madrid
Autonomous Community who spoke on
“Inter-generational Relations between gran-
dparents and grandchildren”.
In June, the participants included Jesús Ri-
vases, the editor of the magazine Tiempo
who shared his vision on the current eco-
nomic situation from an optimistic stand-
point; Miguel Hernanz Sanjuan, managing
director of the FCC Group Internal Audit
Fridays
at the
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