Deputy Mayor Norbert Alt said that the program starts in the morning and lasts until late afternoon. As can be seen from the coverage of Gyula Television, Norbert Alt pointed out, at the time the event was called a meeting, but the District Meeting of Injured Youth has now grown into a festival, as many NGOs, many volunteers, many city institutions, young people from the surrounding settlements, associations, institutions participate in the program. He emphasized that every spring, the organizers put on a program with a great atmosphere.
District Meeting of Injured Youth with colorful programs
Zoltán Kovács, the vice-president of the organizing association, highlighted that, as before, sport plays an important role in the event this year as well, and the program also strengthens integration.
Zsuzsanna Papp, the president of the Hatodik Érzék Association, said that seven hundred people took part in the event last year, and it is expected that there will be the same number of people at the meeting this year. He explained that there will be a falconry demonstration, an archery competition and a dog agility demonstration, and this year they will once again manage to bring the Traveling Planetarium to Gyula.
Anikó Poptyilikán, the general director of Imre Pánczél EGYMI, explained that their students are really looking forward to this year’s programs, and they are also helping to organize them.
Balázs Fenesi, the president of the Southern Great Plains Regional Association of the Disabled, said that they have been furnishing the wheelchair track for years, in which several new elements will be used. There will be several ups and downs on the track, and you will be able to try out the wheelchair on a variety of pavements.