Atalanta attending the "A merenda con lo sport" event

"A merenda con lo sport" (Tea-time with sports) is an initiative aimed at promoting awareness, among children and adults alike, through projects revolving around dieting and sports practice; an out-of-the-ordinary supper time and a family-oriented gathering hosted in the setting of the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital.

Here is why Atalanta could not miss this event! And not for the sake of tradition alone, but also because the "A merenda con lo sport" initiative is a fun, pleasant and foremost child-oriented, equally to both the hospitalised ones and those who wished to spend an alternative afternoon.

Now in its 12th edition, the initiative was conceived and is endorsed by the charity Amici della Pediatria in association with Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital. It aims to promote awareness of healthy eating and exercise for optimal growth among children and adults alike through targeted projects.

Accompanied by Giorgio Cortesi (Atalanta) and Emanuele Gusmini (Casa del Giovane), Under-16s players Nicola Cappellato, Enoma Edomwnoyi Blessed, Mbakhane Kane, Alexandre Meyou, Luca Paglia and Luis Pixner and Under-17s players Lukas Fris Heidemann and Giovanni Zanatta attended the event, interacting with the young attendees and dabbled with some of the activities on offer during the meeting.

Being able to attend the 12th "A merenda con lo sport" event allowed us to spend a lovely evening, made even more special by the warm and genuine smiles of all the attending children and by the invaluable empathy and passion that drove all the volunteers, to whom everyone owes a simple but heartfelt acknowledgement.

Pictured on the cover, the Nerazzurri delegation together with Milena Lazzaroni, the President of the Associazione Amici della Pediatria charity, and a team of the Associazione Amici della Pediatria charity volunteers in the GiCoBe park.