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Blessings to all and for Everyone to Stay Safe!

Aruba’s National Social Fund reached $83k

with COVID-19 relief initiative

ORANJESTAD — On April 9th, we at CEDE Aruba a complete halt. Standard & Poor projects our
kicked-off the Happy To Give Back initiative to Island to be the most affected country in the
raise funds for those most heavily affected by world due to impact on tourism from COVID-19.
the COVID-19 crisis in Aruba and they have We project more than 25.000 lost jobs, close to
been overjoyed at the response that they have a quarter of our total population, so we need
received from the international and local com- all the help we can get”, according to Teck-
munity. lenborg.

“We are happy to report that these funds, $83k The One Happy Island receives approximately
so far, were immediately allocated to food 1.2 million visitors a year. The Happy to Give
banks and meals on wheels initiatives that are Back initiative asks every friend of Aruba and
supporting families who have been financially locals who can afford it to make a contribution,
devastated by this crisis,” says CEDE-director both locally and internationally.
Daniel Tecklenborg.
For more information on how to donate to the
“The Island is devastated, as Aruba’s only eco- ‘Happy to Give Back’ initiative, please visit:
nomic pillar, tourism & hospitality, has come to www.happytogiveback.com. q

Your favorite hotel staff

ORANJESTAD — We are far
away but still connected
through Aruba Today! We know
many of you as our loyal read-
ers and friends and we know
you just love Aruba's hospitality.
The most striking is that all of you
mention the great service and Auldric
the bond with the waiter, the
receptionist or other staff in the Germaine Wever
hotel and restaurants on Aruba.
We have asked you to send us
a picture of that favorite waiter
or housekeeper or other hotel
staff together with a personal
message to them to publish this
in our newspaper. We will also
do our utmost to find this person
and make sure she or he will
get this message. Many of them
may have lost their job or do not Winnie Victor
know when they will restart their
work. They must miss you and “I'm responding to your post looking for photos of local
the daily interaction that is why friends we tourists (like to think of ourselves as once a year Our four special Aruba Hilton (previously the Radisson) are:
we would like to reach out and "family") are missing during this time of "isolation". My hus- • Winnie- she makes the best Brandy Alexanders and
make a connection. band and I have found ourselves on your beautiful island Grasshoppers!
year after year in November. Our first stay, over 20 years • Germaine Wever- always around adding the special
Send your text and picture to: ago, was at the Aruba Grand. It was during our second trip touch to our stay (here she is receiving a gift from me
that we discovered the Radisson; we never looked back.
as she hosted our 10 or 15 year tourist award).
news@arubatoday.com. You Over the years everyone at this, the best home away from • Victor- he is the bird whisperer; no day is complete
may also send us a PM on Face- home on the island, have made us feel like one of the fam- without seeing him and his birds.
book but pictures are best by ily. • Auldric- he is usually the first face we see when we ar-
email. rive at the resort and the last one we see when leaving.
While everyone there have been there for years and we He is always makes sure our stay is perfect.”
Have a look at the wonderful love them all, we have four pictures to share. They are the Sincerely
reason we keep returning year after year. Chuck and I wish
messages we have received so everyone on Aruba happiness and good health. Our trip for Sue and Chuck Heron
far. Thank you for sharing! q November 2020 has been booked so see everyone soon! Little Falls, NY