A collaboration born in 2005 and grown over the years with the aim of promoting the inclusion and autonomy of the association’s children.
The Cecchetto Giorgio Agricultural Company celebrated the twentieth inclusive harvest of Raboso Piave with the boys of the Italian Association of People with Down Syndrome – Marca Trevigiana Section.
An event that, in addition to uniting solidarity, inclusion and promotion of the territory, celebrates a twenty-year journey made of collaborations and projects with AIPD.
On the afternoon of Saturday 12 October, in Tezze di Piave (Treviso), the winemaking reality welcomed the young people of the association, the families and the volunteers in an event that has become a tradition for the local community and which every year sees the participants transform themselves into winemakers , to follow the various phases of wine production, up to bottling.
The first grape harvest began almost by chance in October 2005 , when Giorgio Cecchetto and his wife Cristina hosted a group of families from the newly formed Marca Trevigiana section, and in a moment of conviviality Giorgio, still having to harvest the Raboso grapes, proposed involving the young people of the association in the grape harvest experience.
Since that year, the Cecchetto company, in addition to having shared with AIPD all the harvests and subsequent bottlings of Raboso Piave, has developed new projects such as the solidarity threshing of ancient Mentana wheat done with early twentieth-century agricultural vehicles. Furthermore, thanks to their friendliness and resourcefulness, the boys have brought their bottles of Raboso to Vinitaly , to the Republic Day at the Prefecture and to Rome in 2010, where they were hosted at the Quirinale by President Giorgio Napolitano .
On Saturday, the Cecchetto family dedicated a moment of recollection to those who are no longer with us, a memory of all those who have contributed to building and strengthening this collaboration, enriching it over the years with initiatives aimed at consolidating the autonomy of the children. Finally, a heartfelt thanks was given to the young people, families and collaborators of the association for the commitment, determination and great humanity that they have been able to transmit with their example.
Knowing how to give back to the territory is a priority for the company that believes in the values of friendship and sharing to enhance people and build the present and the future.