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LOCAL Wednesday 9 september 2020

Rotaract Club of Aruba:

Helping 297 children with school supplies

ORANJESTAD — The members and to create multiple complete school School and hand over complete
volunteers of Rotaract Club of Aru- packages for each child. These packages. These organizations
ba can truly look back on a differ- were handed out to the children included; Fundacion Pa Nos Co-
ent, yet successful, edition of their who are most in need of them. munidad, Interact Club of Aruba
annual ‘Back to School Project’. This year was very different due to Colegio Arubano, Mi voz ta bo voz Julie Julie, Radio Aruba, Top 95, 24
This year marks the 28th edition the COVID-19 situation. However, and Futuro Briyante. ora, Power FM, Magic FM, Caliente
Rotaract Club of Aruba had orga- this served to push the members FM, Hits FM, Radio Galactica, Print
nized this project, which is aimed to become more creative and in- Rotaract Club of Aruba wishes to Xpress Aruba, Rygell Isabella and
towards helping children in need novative to be able to give the extend their heartfelt thanks to Jair Vesprey for the catchy jingle,
with school supplies. ‘The Back to community the support and as- their members and committee, and of course all the members of
School Project’ was the very first sistance it needed and deserved. who worked hard to organize this the press who have always sup-
project the club organized since it ‘The Back to School Project’ was impactful project to make it a ported our projects and helped us
was founded in 1991 and as such, able to provide 297 children with success and especially, a thanks get the word out there.
has become an annual project school bags filled with necessary to the community of Aruba for all Once again, Rotaract Club of Aru-
which the members feel very pas- school supplies, to be able to posi- their support. Rotaract Club of Aru- ba wants to thank the community
sionate about. tively and successfully start off their ba would also like to thank Rotary of Aruba for their support and pas-
new school year. This was all possi- Club of Aruba and Interact Club sion for this ongoing project. For ev-
Throughout the months of July and ble due to the generous donations of Aruba for their assistance during ery kind of donation that was given
August, members and volunteers from private members of the com- this project. and that helped contribute to help
of the club seek help from the lo- munity, clients of Dyon Center and Rotaract Aruba also wishes to ex- provide school supplies for children
cal community for donations to the of course, the sponsors. The club press their profound gratitude for in need. Only together, can we
cause, whether it be monetary or is also grateful towards members the cooperation and contributions help our community move forward
product donations. Rotaract Club and volunteers of Rotaract Club of that this project received from during these difficult times.
of Aruba is extremely happy and Aruba who all together were able Dyon Center and Aruba Bank. Conclusively, Rotaract Club of Aru-
grateful for the positive response, to make this project as big and im- ba wants to wish all students a suc-
enthusiasm and support they had pactful as it became. Lastly, Rotaract Club of Aruba cessful, safe and healthy 2020-2021
received from the community, Rotaract Club of Aruba surpassed would also like to thank: The Lab school year!
which made this projects execu- their goal of complete packages Boutique Digital Marketing Agen- “Education is the most power-
tion extremely impactful. The club and were hereby able to support cy, Don Taylor & Co, Impex, Giannis ful weapon which you can use to
was able to collect various school and help out other foundations Nutrition Center, ACCS, Cool FM, change the world.”- Nelson Man-
supply items, which allowed them with their own projects of ‘Back to Fresh FM, Canal 90, Heart Radio, dela. q