“Football Educating Community”, the 3 days of the festival for inclusion and education

Three days to rediscover the training value of sport. This is the goal that the “Football Community of Educating” festival is staged, staged until 1 June respectively at the Castello di Gradara (PU), to the Community of San Patrignano di Coriano (RN) and Gabicce Mare (PU). In this second edition, which embraces Marche and Emilia Romagna, Mission is to promote the values ​​of education, inclusion and support for younger generations through the universal language of sport. Today, which is taking place in San Patrignano, the first prize “Gianni Vasino” was awarded to a legend of Italian sports journalism, Italo Cucci, 86 years old yesterday. Gianni Vasino, an unforgettable voice of Italian football, who passed away on May 9 at the age of 88, was one of the great protagonists of Italian sporting journalism, known above all for the transmission “90th minute”, but also for his commitment to the social: he was a father of a person with disabilities and created and conducted in Rai the transmission “Come us”, a program that gave voice to stories of inclusion and civil rights in which these themes were still faced. Vasino has opened the way for the social story in the public service and is considered the spiritual father of the transmission “or also not”, currently broadcast on Rai Tre every Sunday morning, which will follow and also tell the “Calcio Community Educating” project. “I learned everything from Gianni Vasino. He was a silent but fundamental teacher for my work. He showed that we can talk about disability and fragility with dignity, depth and professionalism,” said Paola Severini Melograni, creator of “or also not”. On the occasion of the delivery of the prize to Italo Cucci, Cristiana Vasino, Gianni’s daughter, also connected with the Festival, to share a memory of the father and symbolically participate in the celebration of his commitment and his inheritance.