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Tuesday 31 May 2022

Recycling Sculpture Competition held at the Hilton

The Laguna Food & Beverage team eforea Spa recreated its
members welcomed the judges at butterfly logo from old fly-
the coy pond where a larger-than- ers, empty cream contain-
life Shoco Owl, nicknamed Pablo, ers, wooden cutlery, cord
was entered in competition, its feath- and electric wire. The work
ers made from slices of cork, with an was nicely finished with
aluminum beak and round crushed great attention to detail,
cans for eyes. The work was detailed and the presentation elo-
and well-finished and the team’s en- quent and accurate.
thusiasm, contagious.
The Pool & Beach team
The Human Resources department members appropriately
devoted its presentation to bees, created a blue-green tur-
creating an over-sized Queen Bee tle, staging it on a sandy
from yellow and black paper-mâ- backdrop. They used re-
ché with paper, wooden coffee stir- cycled cups, bottle caps,
rers and bits of electric cord for legs, and sliced cork to create
and wings. The presentation included the shell, with a correctly
Palm Beach - In honor of the Earth considerable size, all made with 100% educational and informative materi- proportioned head and
Day in April, a Recycling Sculpture recycled materials. als, about the life of bees and their tail. They informed the
Competition took place at the Hilton importance in our existence. judges about the efforts to
Aruba Caribbean Resort & Casino, Five departments announced their The Security department opted to save the turtle population
just recently. participation. A panel of judges en- create a Shoco Owl with paper wings in the Caribbean.
joyed a walk through to evaluate the and bandage-wraps for legs, their
The annual creative initiative includ- work based on originality, innovation, presentation was all about the ben- The judges enjoyed scor-
ed an original and refreshing twist, variety of materials, presentation and efits of recycling and the importance ing the work as each de-
with the focus on animal sculptures of the degree of difficulty. of reducing waste. partment came up with
original styles, techniques
and materials, dedicating
considerable time to the
execution of their plans.

A special commenda-
tion goes to the winning
Laguna Restaurant team,
whose collaboration was
filled with enthusiasm re-
flective of a motivated and
dedicated team.

The sculptures were on ex-
hibit in the Lobby, for guest
and team members, to rec-
ognize and showcase all
the efforts of the teams.q