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Saturday 13 January 2018
For the 1st time: Volunteer of the Year Award Aruba
‘It Is About Humanizing Society, Which Is What They Do’
By Linda Reijnders tura and was organized by The focus this night was on
ORANJESTAD - A theatre Centro pa Desaroyo di Aru- those that work on a vol-
filled with representatives ba (CEDE), freely translated untary base to help make
of the social community Center for Development other’s life happier. Estella
of Aruba formed the audi- of Aruba. His Excellency Brown-Thodé, member of
ence and at the same time Governor Alfonso Boek- the Board of CEDE, summa-
the stars of the first Volun- houdt as well as Minister rized this effort quite well by
teer of the Year Award Aru- of Education, Science and using a quote: “Volunteers
ba. 71 volunteers proudly Sustainable Development, do not necessarily have
received their award. The Dr. Rudy Lampe, were spe- the time–They just have the
evening took place last cial guests during the eve- heart.” During her speech
Thursday at Cas di Cul- ning. she marks volunteers as the
heart of the community,
without them it is impossible
to have a social commu-
nity functioning. “The vol-
unteer has an essential role
in signalizing the actual so-
cial status. They stand close
to the social community
work, and are at the same
time part of the commu-
nity outside. CEDE values
the volunteers highly and is
honored to hand out these
awards to them.”
The Stars the award winner’s name. who works as volunteer
Volunteers from 6 different Aruba Today noticed that for Arikok National Park- to
working fields were asked the volunteers shined this aged volunteers, some of
to climb the stage to be evening and felt the well- them even with physical
recognized and awarded placed recognition of giv- limitations, they all stood
for their selfless actions and ing without asking. From together on stage.
dedication to the commu- young volunteers like Ayr-
nity. Sports & Recreation, tonTromp –photographer Continued on Page 14
Social Help, Environment &
Animals, Education & Train-
ing, Health & Care and Art
& Culture were the different
categories for the awards.
The award itself was cre-
ated in cooperation with
the organization Plastic
Beach Party. They collect
waste plastic and upcycle
it, in this case into an award
that exists of a heart on a
wooden board containing
