L-Istrina 2008, the charity fund-raising event, was launched this morning by President Eddie Fenech Adami.

He said that half of the donations from the event would go to the Malta Community Chest Fund. The remaining funds would be distributed to the Malta Hospice Movement, Ejjew Ghandi children's homes, Dar Sagra Familja, Don Bosco House, the Salesians of Don Bosco, Oasi Centre;

Casa Leone Home for the Elderly, the Holy Family Home for the elderly, SOS Malta, Special Olympics Malta, Dar il-Kaptan, LAND Group, the Richmond Foundation, Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, the Malta Community Chest Fund and Jesus Crucifacado a parish in South America run by Maltese priests.

The 12-hour marathon will be held at Montekristo Estates in Hal Farrug on Saturday December 27 between noon and midnight. The comperes will be Peppi Azzopardi and Valerie Vella.

Works of art will be auctioned on December 21 and a gala dinner will be held at Montekristo wine vaults on December 20, the proceeds also going for Istrina 2008.

Collections started earlier this month when the BOV Piggy Bank campaign was launched, with some 5,000 piggy banks distributed to all classrooms in Malta and Gozo

Other events linked to Istina 2008 include a DJ Ruby 24 hour marathon at Axis on December 13, Street Theatre at City Gate on December 14, a Christmas Fayre at Montekristo between December 19 and 21, and an Equestrian Treasure Hunt on December 20 at Sunflower Stables, Maghtab.

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