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LOCAL Thursday 28 december 2023

Aruba Tourism Authority honors a loyal visitor at Casa Del Mar Beach Resort!

The Aruba Tourism Authority re- consecutively visiting Aruba)
cently had the great pleasure of Emerald Ambassador (35>years
recognizing an Emerald Ambas- consecutively visiting Aruba)
sador of Aruba. This lovely lady
was honored with a certificate The honoree was:
acknowledging her years of visits, Emerald Ambassador of Aruba
loyalty, and love for the island of Mrs. Diane Marchese from Ne-
Aruba. vada, United States.
Ms. Kimberley Richardson repre-
The honor certification is presented senting the Aruba Tourism Author-
on behalf of the Minister of Tourism ity, and staff members of the Casa
as a token of appreciation and to Del Mar Beach Resort bestowed
say “Masha Danki” to guests who the certificate to the honoree, pre-
have visited Aruba 10, 20, or 35 sented her with memorable gifts,
years or more consecutively. and also thanked her for choosing
Aruba as her best-loved vacation • “It is our family tradition.”
The three honoring levels are as destination, as her home away • Aruba’s great weather. On behalf of the Aruba Tourism Au-
follows: from home. • Aruba’s kind and friendly peo- thority, we would like to express our
Distinguished Visitor (10>years con- ple. sincere gratitude and appreciation
secutively visiting Aruba) Top reasons for returning to Aruba • Aruba’s great restaurants. to the honoree for her continued
Goodwill Ambassador (20>years provided by Mrs. Marchese were: • “To relax!” visits to the “One Happy Island”.q

The Haggerty’s: Another very successful Feed A Dog in Aruba!

dog food and donated it today to the res- Foundation Aruba, New Life friends Skip and Claire Free-
cue groups on the island. The rescue groups For Paws Foundation, Sgt Pep- man who continue to support
on the island work 24/7 365 days a year to per’s Friends and Aruba Re- us every year with fundraising
not only feed the dogs but also give them lief Foundation. In addition and man power to load all of
shelter, cover any medical cost needed and to the groups we also gave the dog food into the vehicles.
also help the dogs find their forever homes. food to volunteers who foster We also want to thank Just 4
Over the last 3 years we have raised over and feed the dogs throughout Pet for always willing to help
$12,000.00 for the dog food. the year. us and this event for the last 3
years. All of our friends at La
The rescue groups we work with are Luna We are very fortunate for the Cabana who open their wal-
opportunity to vacation every lets each year with a smile on
year in Aruba and want to their faces and are so happy
pay it forward as much as to help us. It takes a village
we can. to help the Aruba dogs and
Steve and I are proud to be
My husband Steve Haggerty and I Susan We would like to thank our part of this village!q
Haggerty have been coming to Aruba for
years! We love dogs and love seeing the
dogs here on vacation as well. We started
buying dog food at Super Foods years ago
and would purchase as much as our rental
car could hold. We would bring the food back
to La Cabana where they would graciously
hold the food for us while we reached out
to the rescue groups to let them know we
had some dog food for them.

Fast forward to 2023 we raised $4,700 for