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Keeping Aruba clean!

ORANJESTAD — Preserving the beauty of Aruba is top of
mind for staff and associates of Bucuti & Tara Beach Re-
sort, Aruba who expand their clean-up efforts around the
island.

From Caya Frans Figaroa (Noord) to the area of Casibari.
AHATA member De Palm Tours has partnered up to pro-
vide transportation to the team, adhering to hygiene and
safety protocols. These efforts greatly help in keeping Aru-
ba clean, may it inspire our community to dispose of their
trash responsibly. Thank you team Bucuti & Tara Beach
Resort, Aruba. q

Aruba to me

ORANJESTAD — In these difficult times we would like to reach out to
our friends abroad who were supposed to spend their tropical va-
cation on Aruba or who had to break up their vacation due to the
COVID-19 situation. Aruba Today invites you to send us your picture
and words expressing your memory of our island or your dream
vacation for the future.

Send us your picture(s) together with completing the sentence:
Aruba to me is …….. (Email: news@arubatoday.com). Please do
note: By submitting photos, text or any other materials, you give
permission to The Aruba Today newspaper, Caribbean Speed Print-
ers and any of its affiliated companies to use said materials, as well
as names, likeness, etc. for promotional purposes without compen-
sation.
Today we share a wonderful message from Bryan Meccariello. He
reaches out to us about a fundraising event:

“Bon dia. I’ve been attending the Facebook live “Friday Nights
with Frank” weekly fundraising event for Aruba’s seniors presented
by Fred de Jong (Aruba Sinatra Shows Entertainment) for the past
several weeks. I’m not sure if this fundraising event is publicly known
by his fellow Arubans on the island, but he’s doing this to help them
while keeping visitors (like me) connected to your beautiful island
that we love and miss. I just wanted you to know how we feel. Dan-
ki.”

We thank Bryan for sharing this with us and also for supporting a
good cause. Are you searching for things to do while staying safe
at home and maybe also help the people of Aruba awhile you are
at it? Then please join the one and only Fred de Jong A.K.A. Aruba
Sinatra every Friday at 7:30pm for his weekly Live Facebook Fund-
raising Show from his Home. (https://www.facebook.com/Aruba-
SinatraShows/live). Do you love Aruba as your vacation island and
do you want to do something and give back to the Aruban people
who have always served you on your trips? Well, this is your chance
to help the ones who need it the most during this total shutdown
with COVID-19. All proceeds raised will go to food banks and warm
meals for vulnerable groups in Aruba as they wait to see us again
once the Island reopens. Fred’s goal is to find people who are will-
ing to contribute to the CEDE Foundation. The money will help the
vulnerable people in Aruba survive and Aruba Sinatra will contin-
ue to bring you beautiful music from the American Songbook. This
show is for all ages and admission is free.q