Trail El Pino de Binaced donates another €10.000 to IIS Aragón.

Last Sunday, March 19, the 2023 edition of the El Pino de Binaced Trail was held. The IIS Aragón attended the test and its subsequent awards ceremony, where it received a new donation of €10.000 that will be allocated to cancer research. These €10.000 are added to the €12.000 that the organizers donated to the Institute a little over 3 months ago, corresponding to the last edition.

The El Pino de Binaced Solidarity Trail (Huesca) is an initiative of the athlete María Barrabés, and organized by María Barrabés and Sonia Citoler, whose proceeds are destined to the fight against cancer, either for the acquisition of material and equipment or for promote research in this field. Since 2017, the proceeds from registrations, sponsors and donors have been donated to the Aragón Health Research Institute.

The competition, which took place on the last weekend of November, was held for the first time in March, seeking for participants and attendees to enjoy the spectacular landscape that on this new date is dressed by the numerous flowering fruit trees that the municipality has. . Each edition brings together almost 400 people, including registered participants in the two races (7 and 18 kilometers), participants in the popular walk and volunteers, and has more than a hundred sponsors and collaborating companies from Lérida, Binaced, Monzón, Binéfar, Cofita and Graus, among other Huesca towns. In addition, the day before the race a talk related to sport and the desire to improve is organized.

As for the donation, this represents the best example that the research carried out in Aragon is thanks to people from all over the territory, also people and entities from the rural environment, and its involvement reminds the people who make up the day-to-day team. of the IIS Aragón that we must continue, without rest, with the highest level of professional demand, scientific rigor and empathy.

The IIS Aragón thanks the organizers of the trail, volunteers, participants, donors, sponsoring entities and Binaced City Council for their trust in the IIS Aragón and their always warm attention to the team that we can enjoy on the day of the event.