Zaino Sospeso in Asti
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«Zaino Sospeso» (“Suspended Backpack”) is a solidarity initiative joined by the Lions Club Storici, Artisti e Presepisti of Asti, aimed at collecting school supplies for families struggling to afford notebooks, pens, pencil cases and backpacks for their children. The project involves stationery shops and bookshops across the Asti area as collection points.[1]
The project
The initiative is based on the principle of guaranteeing children and young people equal access to education, so that economic difficulties do not become an obstacle to school attendance. To this end the Lions Club has enlisted a number of local businesses willing to act as collection points for the donated school supplies.[1]
Collection points
The collection points are active in the municipalities of Asti, Baldichieri d'Asti, Monale and Montegrosso d'Asti. In Asti they are at Buffetti, piazza San Secondo 17, and Libraccio, corso Alfieri 188; in Baldichieri at the L'Aquilone stationery shop, via Cavour 3A; in Monale at Cose di Casa, via XX Settembre; in Montegrosso d'Asti at the Pescarmona tobacconist and newsstand, via Asti Mare 25.[1]
Where the supplies go
The collected material will be handed over to charities, parishes and local organisations working to support families in difficulty, which will take care of distributing it to those who actually need it. The initiative has no set end date and will continue throughout the school year.[1]
The president of the Lions Club, Piera Pianta, said the service is meant to give families in the area a concrete sign of closeness, so that economic hardship is not a barrier to their children's schooling, and invited the public to take part according to their means.[1]
Sources
- Zaino sospeso: il Lions Club Storici, Artisti e Presepisti d'Asti a sostegno delle famiglie in difficoltà — ATnews, 10 November 2026