Local lad Ricardo Hidalgo, known locally as Richi, will be participating in the half-marathon in Málaga next month in order to support the Josep Carreras Foundation.
He will be wearing a shirt bearing the Foundation logo and anyone wanting to help can send the text NOLEUCEMIA to the number 28027. The cost of the message is just €1.20 and the entire amount goes to the Josep Carreras Foundation. Companies supporting this message are Vodafone, Orange and Movistar.
Ricardo Hidalgo was diagnosed with leukemia in 2006. He received a stem cell transplant and today is perfectly fit and during the summer worked as a lifeguard coordinator on the beaches of Nerja.
Initiatives, such as those carried out by the Josep Carreras Foundation, help people with serious illness and, in the case of Ricardo, help them overcome it.