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Monday 12 noveMber 2018

Biggest volunteer event on Aruba is launched:

Do What Needs To Be Done

ORANJESTAD – The beautiful white- initiative and they really need it.
sanded beaches, the amazing The event takes place next year
luxurious resorts and the mouthwa- 15 and 16 March and means so-
tering choice of restaurant dishes cial cohesion and a contribution
are a huge attraction of Aruba that to the social community of the is-
make up for a fantastic vacation. If land. Above all it is fun too as there
you would like to add a little local are snacks and drinks during well- informed. The team of coordina- 2013 on the initiative of the Oranje
connection to that, be aware of this deserved breaks and the fulfilling tors for the project was introduced Fonds. Under the names NLdoet
article. The biggest volunteer event feeling that you achieved some- as well as the mascot of Aruba (The Netherlands), ARUBA DOET
ARUBA DOET has been launched thing in the end by supporting the Doet: the Kolibrie, in Papiamento (Aruba), CURA DOET (Curaçao),
this week. You are most welcome island’s people. the Blenchi. Ideas were shared BON DOET (Bonaire), STATIA DOET
to visit the website and register to and at the end of the evening (Sint Eustatius) and SXM DOET (Sint
roll up your sleeves together with The Launch various sponsors offered several Maarten), these six initiatives high-
the locals to create some happi- Past Thursday the biggest volun- prices like Aruba Aloe, Dijtham, light volunteering and volunteers
ness on One Happy Island …. Just teer event was launched and Kooyman, Pico Bello, Smit & Dorlas while encouraging everybody to
by doing. Director ofi CEDE Aruba, Daniel and SubWay. Special thanks go to roll up their sleeves for (part of) a
Tecklenborg, together with the Divi Phoenix resort, Trampolin pa day. With these six initiatives the
Renovating, building, cleaning, or- coordinators of ARUBA DOET 2019, Trabao, High Performance, Smit & Oranje Fonds is organizing the big-
ganizing and gardening are some Stephany Phelipa and Thixianne Dorlas and Bo Potret for the excel- gest volunteer event in the King-
of the key words that apply to the Wever presented in short what it is lent services. dom in cooperation with thou-
jobs to be done. Schools, founda- all about. The focus on the impor- sands of social organizations and
tions, sport organizations … they tance of voluntary work and the Oranje Fonds with the support of local partners
are the ones being helped by this positive outcome for society were The event ARUBA DOET started in such as CEDE Aruba. The Oranje
Fonds is the biggest national fund
in the social arena and showcases
the best the Kingdom has to offer.
Around €30 million is spent each
year supporting organizations and
initiatives that strengthen social co-
hesion in The Netherlands and the
Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen
Máxima are the official patrons of
the Fund.
For more information about ARUBA
DOET 2019 visit their website www.
arubadoet.com or call + 297 582-
7666 or e-mail info.arubadoet@
gmail.com q