Assen presents a first for charity

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With the release of a special stamp and a postcard, Assen is putting itself even more on the map this year as the starting point of the Drentse Fiets4Daagse. The stamps and postcard were designed by chairman Martin Verhage of the starting point in Assen. The proceeds will go to Hospice Het Alteveer in Assen.

Drenthe Cycling Four-Day Event

It is the 47th time that the Drenthe Cycling Four-Day Event starts in the capital of Drenthe. From July 24 to 27, the routes, with lengths of 30, 40, 60, 80, and 100 kilometers per day, lead over the TT circuit and through the city center of Assen, among other places, where a special program has been organized.

Hospice Het Alteveer

Hospice Het Alteveer in Assen offers a welcoming, home-like, and warm environment to people in the final phase of their lives. Hospice Het Alteveer is a near-home for people who cannot or do not wish to die at home. This is usually because insufficient (informal) care is possible at home or because home care becomes too burdensome. At Het Alteveer, there is sufficient peace and attention for every guest.

Where to buy?

The Fiets4Daagse stamps are only for sale in the starting town of Assen and at the checkpoints during the Fiets4Daagse week. You can also buy nice postcards along with the stamps.

More information?

Would you like to know more? Then call 06-53750500 or, during the Fiets4Daagse week, 0592-303736. Source: Dagblad van het Noorden, July 5, 2012

5 comments

  1. Only for sale in Assen? Then I might have to take the bike after all to get my hands on a few 😉

  2. You are definitely participating in this Fiets4Daagse week, aren't you, Jan?
    Then you can have a stamp cancelled at every checkpoint. It's fun to map out your trip philatelically.

  3. @Willem, I think it is a miraculously fun idea to map out this 4-Day Cycling Event from a cycling perspective. Another idea …. not cycling for a day and having every participant buy a sheet of 10 stamps for charity at the stamping post. However, we are already somewhere else that week… 😉

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