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Aruba Airport Authority N.V. and Wings of Hope contributing to

Earth Day 2022

ORANJESTAD - Aruba Airport Authority N.V. which was officially inaugurated on April
(AAA) and Wings of Hope (WoH) are proud 22, 2022. This program entails the cultiva-
to be contributing to the Aruban Commu- tion of native and endemic flora species,
nityon Earth Day 2022. that in the future will be plantedin a closed
off botanical garden network, which will
Today marks the 52nd annual Earth Day be created and maintained by FPNA to
and is recognized as a day to shed light serve as haven for local flora and fauna
on the ongoing and emerging global envi- and as an example of sustainable garden-
ronmental concerns and the importance ing practices.
of change in human behavior and how
everyone can contribute towards protect- As part of WoH’s Environment/Sustainable
ing the environment. Sustainability is one Airport Community goal, WoH organized
of AAA’s strategic pillars being a guiding a beach cleanup on Saturday April 23,
principle for the company. The United 2022in the morning together with Scrubble
Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Bubbles with more than 75 participants
(SDGs) are anchored in the purpose, vi- from the Airport Community, Grupo Scout
sion, values, and strategies of the organi- Ora Ubao, family members and friends
zation. who helped clean the area at Rincon
Beach. AAA would like to especially thank
This year’s Earth Day theme is “Invest ino- ABC Project Venture for providing a large
ur Planet” and based on SDG 15 Life on waste container at the location where
Land, AAA is proudly contributing to the participants were able to dispose of the
environment through two very important waste collected.
projects. AAA has partnered up with Fun-
dacion Parke Nacional Aruba (FPNA) for AAA hopes to positively influence other
thedevelopment of their “Cas di Cultivo”, companies to also take steps towards
an integral part of their Flora Biodiversity making a difference in the Aruban
Enhancement & Climate Resilient Program Community.q

Honoring of loyal visitors at Divi Phoenix Resort

EAGLE BEACH - Recently, Aruba
Tourism Authority representative The symbolic honorary title is pre-
Mr. Jonathan Boekhoudt had the sented on behalf of the Minister of
great pleasure in honoring many Tourism, as a token of apprecia-
loyal Aruba visitors with their dis- tion to the guests who visit Aruba
tinctive certificates. These cer- between the 10-20-35 consecutive
tificates are a way to say “Masha years mark.
Danki” for continuously choosing
Aruba as a favorite vacation des- The honorees love coming to the
tination. The titles are as following: island for its friendly people, sandy
10+ years “Distinguished Visitor”, beaches, great weather and safe-
20+ years “Goodwill Ambassador” ty.
and 36+ years “Emerald Ambassa-
dor”. Boekhoudt together with the rep-
resentatives of Divi Phoenix Resort
For today, the honorees are Ed- presented the certificates to the
ward and Karen Davis from Kan- honorees, and thanked them for
sas, USA, and Alfred and Sandra choosing Aruba as their favorite
Pepin from Connecticut, USA, who vacation destination and as their
have been honored as Goodwill home-away-from-home for so
Ambassadors. many years.q