"The Marathon of '92" by Alice Piaggio

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Ended:May 6th 2020, 12:42pm EDT

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"The marathon of '92"

- A4, edition of 25, signed

Few people know that one of the strangest sporting events in the world took place in the summer of 1892, in London. That year, the population was prevented from leaving their homes due to a strong thickening of coal dust in the air, seriously endangering the smooth running of the historic marathon that animated the city every year.

On the morning of May 20, 1892 Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone informed the country that the nation's most important sporting event would take place and invited the people to take part in the race ... from home. Every runner, armed with a stopwatch, calculated how long it took them to run 45 kilometers moving from the kitchen to the bathroom and back again, and from the dining room to the living room and back again.

The winner was Sir John Hack, who covered 45 kilometers in just 3 hours and 23 minutes by running round his apartment of just 25 square meters.

Alice Piaggio was born in Genoa, but raised in Bogliasco, a small village frequented by surfers and fishermen. In 2014 she graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and in the same year she moved to Urbino where, in 2017, she graduated for a second time from the ISIA illustration course.

She lives in Ticino, Switzerland, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, green meadows and chestnut woods. Winner of the 2019 Illustri Prize in the Magazine and Newspaper category, she is co-founder of PELO magazine and collaborates with Italian and international magazines and publishing houses.

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The Cause

Today we want to lend our support to a fundraising campaign that intends to help the efforts of our heroic medical staff.

Thanks to our long-term partners, companies and celebrities we've been able to launch the #VinciamoNoi (#WeWin) campaign to support 3 main objectives:

finance the purchase of ventilators and breathing equipment;
provide new beds in intensive and sub-intensive care;
guarantee health care and rapid intervention of medical staff who find themselves on the front line.

This is why we've decided to combine our efforts with those of 3 major Italian companies whose commitment and dedication have made them stand out, particularly in recent weeks, and who are daily committed to dealing with the Corona Virus emergency: the Italian Red Cross, Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan and Spallanzani Hospital in Rome (National Institute of Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani) and Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia.

Given the rapidity with which today's medical emergency is evolving and the changing needs, the funds raised through this campaign may need to be allocated differently by the beneficiary organizations. In this way the funding will go directly to the areas that need it most, whilst at the same time respecting the transparency and full traceability of the funds raised through this campaign to tackle the coronavirus emergency.

The Italian Red Cross has been at the forefront since the start of the Covid-19 emergency, providing aid including emergency assistance, medical, psychological and logistical support, informing, managing and screening as well as carrying out many other crucial activities in the battle against an epidemic that is bringing the country to its knees. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Italian Red Cross is managing the safe transport of patients to and from the relevant healthcare structures, through the use of special high-level bio-containment vehicles designed for health emergencies of this entity.

The Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan is the reference center for the coordination of activities to fight Covid-19 in Northern Italy, a region in which the first Italian outbreaks were recorded and in which researchers have managed to isolate the Italian strain of coronavirus.

Spallanzani Hospital has been managing the Covid-19 emergency from the start, hosting the very first infected patients and isolating the virus. Today INMI researchers are working on the search for a vaccine while the medical staff focuses on caring for patients hospitalized at the facility.

The IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation is responsible for emergency management, both through the analysis of swabs and care and assistance of all patients, whilst continuing to carry out research and healthcare activities.

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