Associative partners from both towns are organizing collection stands during their sports and cultural events, and collection points will be available at the weekly markets. A charity meal initiative is also being offered, with proceeds going to the AFM Telethon.
A 24-hour relay race sports challenge is being organized by the firefighters' association of the Saint-Médard-en-Jalles barracks, from Friday, December 4 at 6 PM to Saturday, December 5 at 6 PM. The gathering point will be the Bourdieu plaza, which will also host children's activities and merchandise sales.
The associations Fêt’en Jalles and AJT are offering a meal with profits donated to AFM Telethon. The menu includes veal sweetbread and poultry tourtière with foie gras sauce, followed by a chicken and morel cake with a Dauphinois gratin from the Saint-Médard-en-Jalles butcher shop, cheese, and a pastry dessert. Online reservations are open until Monday, November 30, 2026. Orders can be picked up via home delivery (Saint-Médard-en-Jalles and Le Taillan-Médoc, €5 delivery fee) or free click and collect at the Monseau Stadium Club House (Saint-Médard-en-Jalles) and Le Palio (Le Taillan-Médoc) from 5 PM to 7:30 PM.
Various events are scheduled starting Saturday, November 28: scouts from the Jalles parish at the Saint-Médard-en-Jalles market (9 AM-1 PM, Place de la République); a Wheelchair Rugby match by SMRC – CLUB 1905 (December 4, 6 PM-10 PM, Ariane hall); the "Course du Muscle" by schools in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (December 4, 10 AM-3 PM, Monseau stadium athletics track); a pastry and clementine sale by the parents' association of Le Taillan Médoc (December 4, 4 PM in front of each school group); a charity badminton evening (December 5, 6 PM-10 PM, Salle Olympie) with a €2 participation fee per shuttlecock; and the presence of firefighters at the municipal market of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (December 5, 9 AM-1 PM) with children's activities (10 AM-6 PM) on the Bourdieu estate plaza.
