Symington Family Estates donates Ambulance to Volunteer Firemen
On the 19th November, Symington Family Estates gave a new Mercedes Ambulance to the volunteer fire brigade of Carrazeda in the Douro valley. Following a long standing policy of helping local charities in the region where they work and farm vineyards, members of the family together with members of staff, handed the keys of the new ambulance to Senhor Carlos Fernandes, President of the Volunteer Fire Brigade of Carrazeda. The ceremony was followed by lunch at Quinta dos Canais with Mayor of Carrazeda José Luís Correia and the local Member of Parliamnet Drª Maria José Moreno
The Symington family own several important vineyards in the Carrazeda district, including Graham’s Quinta do Tua, Cockburn’s Quinta dos Canais, Dow’s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira and Smith Woodhouse Quinta do Vale Coelho amongst others.
This is the fourth new ambulance givne by Symington Family Estates in the Douro in recent years, other receipents have been the Volunteers in Pinhão (2007), São Joao de Pesqueira (2009), Provesende (2010) and now Carrazeda in 2011. In 2008, medical equipment was given to the Red Cross in Sabrosa.
