HSBC Malta Foundation donated €50,000 to L-Istrina at the start of the 12-hour fundraising marathon at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta. Other donations were made by HSBC staff members: €4,000 from the sale of poinsettias and €2,500 from its annual triathlon. The bank’s contributions were presented to President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca by HSBC Malta’s head of commercial banking Michel Cordina.