The Telethon 2021 is a success. The counter reached nearly 74 million euros in pledges this Sunday, during a 35th edition which returned to the field after the previous confined due to Covid-19, the organizers announced.
The final counter displays precisely 73,622,019 euros, a marked increase compared to the total of 58.3 million euros raised during the duration of the Telethon in 2020. A total of 77 million was recorded last year at the counter, that – here remaining open some time after the event.
“Friendliness and the spirit of celebration” back
The fundraising event for research on rare diseases, launched Friday evening, was able this year to reinvest in towns and villages in France. “We were able to reconnect with conviviality and the spirit of celebration in the field”, while respecting barrier gestures, welcomed the president of the AFM-Telethon organization, Laurence Tiennot-Herment.
Despite the inclement weather in many departments, events were held in nearly 10,000 municipalities. Last year because of the Covid-19, this unparalleled popular event was reduced to its retransmission on France Televisions channels and to challenges on the Internet.
