The charity event returns on Sunday for the thirteenth consecutive year. The appointment is from 9:00 to 16:00 at the Le Manzane winery (Treviso)
San Pietro di Feletto, September 4, 2024. Paolo Kessisoglu will also be among the “aspiring grape harvesters” who will participate on Sunday in the 13th edition of the “®Solidarity Harvest – Celebration and Charity in the Land of Prosecco Superiore”. The day of grape picking for charity will take place from 9:00 to 16:00 among the rows of Glera of the Le Manzane estate in S. Pietro di Feletto (Treviso). The proceeds will be donated to C’è Da Fare ETS (www.cedafare.org), the non-profit organization founded in 2023 by the popular Genoese actor and comedian to fight youth hardship.
Since 2012, Ernesto Balbinot and his wife Silvana Ceschin, together with their children Marco and Anna, have been organizing the ®Vendemmia Solidale in the splendid setting of the Prosecco Superiore Hills, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. Hundreds of people contribute to the charity initiative every year by picking bunches of grapes destined to produce bottles of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Docg personalized with the ®VENDEMMIA SOLIDALE 2024 label and sold in the pre-Christmas period. The ®Vendemmia Solidale is a way to be together while doing good and this is the basis of the feeling that animates the many friends who participate in the event.
This year, the choice was to help the C’è Da Fare ETS association and support psychological and neuropsychiatric support projects for adolescents in difficulty. Although a worsening of the mental health conditions of children was already evident before 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a profound psychosocial change. At a national level, access to pediatric emergency departments has increased for causes of mental decompensation, such as suicidal ideation (+147%), depression (+115%), eating disorders (+78.4%), psychosis (+17.2%), self-harm (+27%) and social isolation (Hikikomori) with a consequent increase in hospitalizations for particularly serious situations (+39.5%).
The event begins with the grape harvest, continues with visits to the cellar, live Italian music by the band Fuori Orario Reunion and Alberto Ceschin, some moments of entertainment for the little ones with the juggler/equilibrist Manuele Pascal and the test drive of Manzotti Automobili. Moments that will be accompanied by the aperitif with the Prosecco Superiore Docg Le Manzane, the products of the Distilleria Fratelli Brunello, also protagonists of a cocktail competition, the delicious fish “cicchetti” of Ca ‘del Poggio and the cheeses of the award-winning Latteria Perenzin. Followed by a lottery with prize draw. The morning ends with a delicious snack in “caneva”.
The hashtag to follow the event and give visibility to it on social media is #®️VendemmiaSolidale.
This year too, there are numerous partners and sponsors who have shared the charitable objectives of the 2024 solidarity harvest: Arti Grafiche Conegliano, Banca Prealpi SanBiagio, Battistella Capsule, Crai, Dersut Caffè, Distilleria Fratelli Brunello, Foto Francesco Galifi, Generalvetri, Icas, Manzotti Automobili, Ondulkart, Ortensia Isola Pâtisserie, Perenzin Latteria, Pez Panificio Pasticceria, Ristorante Relais Ca’ del Poggio, Rotas, Savno Servizi Ambientali Veneto Nord Orientale, S. Bernardo Tappi Spumante, S’Paul n’ Co. Design, Studio Cloè, Suber and TeleChiara.
The initiative is sponsored by the Veneto Region, the Province of Treviso and the Municipalities of San Pietro di Feletto, Conegliano and Valdobbiadene with the support of the Consorzio Tutela Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore, the Association for the Heritage of the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, the social promotion association XI di “Marca” and the Club n° 40 Frecce Tricolori Conegliano.
