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Monday 24 april 2017

Making the “Carry Your Cup” pledge

A toast to beautiful blue seas with Jolly Pirates

Island visitors making a
difference
Hadicurari – The uninter-
rupted expanse of Aruba’s
crystal-clear, turquoise wa-
ters has a better chance
of staying that way with a
helping hand from guests
who sail aboard Jolly Pi-
rates. In a pledge to help
reduce waste and skip the
disposable cup, guests
have enthusiastically
jumped aboard the popu-
lar excursion’s “carry your
cup” initiative. Guests are
increasingly choosing to
bring their own reusable
bottles, or opting to pur-
chase Jolly Pirates souve-
nir cups that are BPA-safe,
nominally priced at $2 and
toast-ready.
“We are keenly focused on
creating a long-lasting im-
pact, and we are pleased
by the response from our
guests in taking the pledge
to ‘carry your cup’ and
make a difference one,

us appreciate the beauty the purchase of a “Save
of blue seas, and we are the Reefs” bracelet and
grateful that they have participating, together, in
so heartily embraced all using reusable cups and
of our ‘green’ programs. I bags. Support is also pos-
think we all realize that we sible by becoming a mem-
don’t want to be a part of ber of either the Aruba Her-
a throw-away culture, and itage Museum Foundation
are willing to support ef- or the Aruba Marine Park
forts that will help ensure Foundation, and in direct
Aruba’s natural treasures participation in their proj-
remain for generations to ects, which include inva-
come,” comments Jolly Pi- sive lionfish control actions
rates Carla, who, herself, and beach and underwa-
seeks to give back to the ter clean-ups. Visit the Aru-
island after having found ba Marine Park Foundation
home, happiness and busi- face book page or email
ness success in Aruba. them at arubaheritagemu-
Jolly Pirates continues to en- seum@gmail.com and or
courage individual partici- arubamarinepark@gmail.
pation by helping support com, for more information.
environmental efforts with q

reusable cup at a time,” make small steps in chang- ping bags in support of
comments Supervisor Ana- ing everyday habits that Aruba’s impressive plastic
carina Matos and Carla can lead to big changes.” bag ban. With its “Save
Cavallaro who spearhead Since the launch of “Carry the Reef” efforts, the Jolly
all of Jolly Pirates’ environ- Your Cup”, eco-minded Pirates team offers attrac-
mentally-friendly projects. friends of the Jolly Pirates tive, souvenir bracelets in
“If everyone who sails with have been making a exchange for a $1 dona-
Jolly Pirates would switch steady, undeniable contri- tion. In turn, Jolly Pirates
to reusable cups, we could bution to a clean Aruba. donates100% of the funds
divert thousands of single- With their support, Jolly Pi- to the Marine Park Foun-
use plastic cups from go- rates has enjoyed similar dation in an effort to pre-
ing to Aruba’s landfill each success with its fundraising serve Aruba’s underwater
month. With our nifty, reus- “Save the Reefs” bracelet landscape of healthy coral
able option, we hope to program and in providing reefs.
help stem the waste and attractive, reusable shop- “The people who sail with