Supporters Marc and Cindy support Friends of the Blind

FATHER-DAUGHTER MOMENTS AT CLUB

Martin and Cindy Schamphelaere, father and daughter and both avid Club supporters set a good example just before the kickoff of Club Brugge - Union. Before they descended to their regular seats in the West Stand, we met them at the De Klokke. Since the beginning of the corona crisis in 2020, the family from Destelbergen has been collecting and sorting plastic bottle caps for charity together with friends, neighbors and relatives. In doing so, they support the cooperation between Club Brugge Foundation and Friends of the Blind. Already since 2015, the Foundation has had a partnership with Friends of the Blind, the training center for guide dogs in Koksijde. Thanks to the organization, the dogs can be made available to users free of charge.

"Cindy has a subscription to the blind stand at Club Brugge. I am her companion during the home matches. Collecting caps has been something close to our hearts since 2020. It's a small effort where we can make a big difference," said Martin Schamphelaere.

All supporters collecting caps at home can bring them in to the FCB Kaffee at the Jan Breydel Stadium every weekday except Mondays and match days.

COLLECTION OF PLASTIC CAPS IS MUCH NEEDED

The cap campaign is an important source of income for the training of guide dogs for the blind. Those dogs are indispensable for not only blind, but also visually impaired persons. The action that once started small has grown into a major source of income for Friends of the Blind. The clean plastic caps and lids of bottles, cans and other packaging are collected, collected and finally sold to a recycling company. The plastic is ground up so it can be reprocessed. For example, the caps are turned into sustainable pallets. In this environmentally friendly way, Friends of the Blind raises money to finance the training of guide dogs.

FRIENDS OF THE BLIND

The Federal Work The Friends of the Blind was originally founded as a charitable organization at the end of the 19th century. Its ultimate goal is to provide selfless care for the well-being and development of human beings. The non-profit organization operates throughout Belgium and works primarily around three pillars:

• The self-reliance of the blind and visually impaired. To enable them to play a full role in social, economic and cultural life.
• To fight with and for these people to assert their rights.
• To inform those affected as well as the general public about the reality of visual impairment, the means of prevention and about the misperception that persists in society, and sometimes among the visually impaired themselves, about this disability.

If you would like to know more about our collaboration with Friends of the Blind, feel free to take a look at our project page.