Fundraising concert in Terrassa in support of research into metastasis
Various media have reported on the presentation of the charity concert “Suma tu corazón”, which will be held in Terrassa on 20 March. In 2019, IRB Barcelona launched its Metastasis Challenge” campaign. In the press conference, Sílvia Benaiges, head of Fundraising, Marketing and Communication at IRB Barcelona, explained that the objective of this campaign “is to create a social movement that involves everyone” and that supports research into cancer and metastasis.
The “Metastasis Challenge” is also backed by the initiatives of individual members of the public, the fundraising concert “Suma tu corazón” being an example. The bands Sa Parranda, the Combo Aula de Música de Terrassa, the Big Band Bum of the Music and Dance School of Esparreguera and the gospel choir Tons & Sons will be participating in the concert. The event will be compered by Francesc Mauri, meteorologist and TV3 presenter.
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Link to: El Món Terrassa
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During the weekends of June and July 2019, IRB Barcelona organised an escape room in one of its laboratories.
127 participants in 13 teams visited the Escape Room ‘The #MetastasisChallenge – against the clock’ and collected €1300 for IRB Barcelona’s campaign #MetastasisChallenge, which means to raise €5 M for research into this disease.
TVE, the local TV channel Betevé and the newspaper La Vanguardia, among other media, have echoed on news about an escape room, “The #MetastasisChallenge against the clock”, organised by IRB Barcelona. In this game, participants have to solve a scientific puzzle in a real research lab. The proceeds from this activity will go to the #MetastasisChallenge, IRB Barcelona’s fundraising campaign in support of biomedical research into this disease.
TV3’s programme “Els Matins” has interviewed Francesc Posas, director of IRB Barcelona, about the increase in donations given to NGOs and research centres in Catalonia and about the #Metastasis Challenge campaign. During the interview, he talked about the importance of small fundraising initiatives undertaken by individuals, such as that of Magdalena Socias, a cancer patient who has decided to join the challenge by walking the Sierra de Tramontana to give visibility to the fight against metastasis.
