Red Cross raffle

MAYOR, Maria del Mar Vazquez, has appealed for solidarity and is encouraging the people of Almeria to par‐ticipate in the Red Cross Gold Raffle.

The mayor said: “With a small gesture we can help Red Cross programmes con‐tinue to develop. We can con‐tribute to reducing poverty, promoting employment and improving access to educa‐tion.

“In the past year alone the Red Cross has served 75,000 people.”

The draw will be held on Ju‐ ly 20 and more than 11,700 prizes will be distributed with a total value of €7 million.

Means that a foolish person spends money too quickly on unimportant things. The phrase was used by poet Thomas Tusser in a poem he wrote called Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry in 1557.

The first prize is €3 million, while the second and third will receive €1 million and €500,000 respectively. There is also a fourth and fifth prize of €250,000 and €100,000.

Tickets are already on sale, they are priced at €5 and can be obtained by going to any of the volunteers who will be out and about on the streets of the city.

Anna Ellis