The HSBC Malta Foundation, main sponsor of L-Istrina and the Malta Community Chest Fund, donated €100,000 to L-Istrina at the start of the charity marathon on Boxing Day.
The bank’s donation was presented to President George Abela and his wife Margaret by the bank’s CEO Mark Watkinson and employees volunteering to help out during L-Istrina.
HSBC increased its donation by additional funds raised during the year through other activities, including a cross-country triathlon, which had raised €4,000, and a poinsettia-for-charity initiative, which had collected €2,500.
The foundation has been supporting L-Istrina and the Malta Community Chest Fund for the last 13 years as part of the bank’s corporate sustainability programme.