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LOCAL Saturday 25 March 2017

Aruba Aloe’s Flag & Anthem Day Celebration a Huge Success

HATO - Last Saturday, for coming and making this
March 18, Aruba Aloe con- event such a success.”
tributed to the festive at- As part of the celebration,
mosphere on the island by Aruba Aloe launched a
welcoming the community very special promotion in
to its Flag & Anthem Day its Hato store in honor of
Celebration. The celebra- Flag and Anthem Day—all
tion was a major success, prices were in Aruban flo-
drawing an impressive rins. Marketing manager
number of attendees look- Jessica Posner comment-
ing to celebrate national ed, “The promotion was
pride in a fun, family-friend- a great success. On this
ly way. national holiday that cel-
The celebration took place ebrates Aruban pride, we
at Aruba Aloe’s Factory, thought it was only fitting to
Museum, and Store in Hato, give our clients the oppor-
with free guided tours of tunity to really stock up on
the factory and museum, all their favorite Aruba Aloe
traditional steel pan music products, which have be-
as well as entertainment come Aruba’s pride.”
by DJ Chris &Sodo y Cuero, Those who missed the
face-painting, pony rides event can pass by the fa-
in the Aloe fields, and food cility in Hato anytime to en-
and Aloe smoothies provid- joy the free curated tour of
ed by Blue Eyes Catering the Museum and Factory.
and The Little One. Tours are offered every 15
Aruba Aloe’s managing minutes, Monday to Friday,
director, Remko van der 8 am to 4:30 pm, and Satur-
Veldt, shared, “We couldn’t day, 9 am to 4:30 pm. The
be happier with the turn- tour highlights the history of
out…it was packed! We’re Aloe cultivation on Aruba
delighted that so many and unveils the entire man-
members of the commu- ufacturing process, from
nity joined us in celebrat- the hand-cutting of the
ing Aruba’s unique identity, Aloe leaves to the packag-
which certainly includes its ing of the final products.
rich Aloe tradition that we Aruba Aloe, founded in
at Aruba Aloe have been 1890, is one of the only
carrying out for more than Aloe companies in the
125 years. We extend a world that grows, harvests, on-site. This Aloe, consid- in the world, is the base of tail stores, and its products
warm thanks to everyone and processes its own Aloe ered to be the finest Aloe an ever-growing collection are available for purchase
of premium skin, hair, and on www.arubaaloe.com
sun care products. Aruba (US & Canada) and www.
Aloe currently has 16 re- arubaaloe.nl (Europe).q