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New ALFI rash guards

By: Abigail Vrolijk They go for small donation of Awg. 70. Call us
or message us for yours today!
After a little bit of waiting….. the rash
guards are here and everybody loves Big thank you goes to Marietje Printing Aruba!
them!
Let’s face it. Water safety is all about
being seen! And why not protect your
precious skin at the same time with
one of our ALFI rash guards. Our first
badge was in neon yellow because
divers are safely seen in the water
when they have on. We already have
the design for our next rash guard in
mind! Be pending!

Volunteer bbq and goodbye to Peter, Ferdy, Dimitri and Carola

By: Ed Egan reef consciousness and won- a small thank you for all they
derful enthusiasm helped to do with an annual
You would think when we inspire us all. If you don't BBQ...without LioFish. Thank
have a LionFish hunter vol- come back and visit
unteer thank you BBQ for us... all 95 of us will
our dedicated volunteers we visit you. Masha
would be serving LionFish danki y tur cos bon!
only right? Wrong.
It is simple. ALFI is
After removing over 3500 people and people
hundred lionfish from Aru- can make a differ-
ba's favorite dive sites in the ence when they
past 18 months we haven't work togeth-
eaten any of them. Although er...graphic design-
we painstakingly fillet them celebrated our remarkable ers, Dutch marines,
or gut and clean them as accomplishments in working dive professionals,
whole fish, we don't eat together for Aruba to effec- retirees, nurses,
them. We give them to our tively manage the Lionfish doctors, teachers, tourists, you to all our volun-
partner restaurants and they populations at the more ac- locals.....all people who care teers....have a hamburger
donate back funds to sup- cessible dive sites. Almost enough to act for Aruba not and a beer...and if you
port our volunteers. We 100 volunteers have been themselves. ALFI peo- missed it..there is always
certified in this time and we ple...people that appreciate next year!
were lucky to have 30 of our island home and deserve
them and their families
attend the BBQ so we could
say thank you!
It was bitter sweet though as
some long time volunteers
were leaving the island for
life in the realworld… haha!
Carola van der Valk, Ferdy
Evers, Peter van Drunen,
Dimitri Schilperoord we
could not have done it with-
out you! Your commitment
level, dive professionalism,