An informal gathering at Screaming Eagle restaurant brought the tireless fund-raising President of the Red Cross Aruba, Greg Peterson, in contact with Sebastien Kameier who handed him a generous check of Awg 10,000, collected with the help of the Screaming Eagle & Flying Fishbone restaurant staff.
Sebastien and the restaurant staff also presented a check of [...]
Stephanie, Karina, Mena, Rowie and Nilo, associates of Salamander Holdings worked very hard over the past few months, from September to December selling a whopping total of 124 items, destined to be drop-shipped in the US and /or special ordered.
The company offers the service of shopping here on the island and receiving the goods at [...]
It all began in 1987 when two pool boys had shells on a table for sale, with a sign saying “Proceeds will go to the handicapped.”
This became the seed of an idea that led four members of the Aruba Beach Club to form an organization supported by their friends, called Friends of the Handicapped, with [...]
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) a market leader in an era of Global Crisis and Recovery, reacted generously today to the heartbreaking Haitian crisis.
As a private sector entity, it reached out to its network of regional branches in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and St Maarten and to the offices of its affiliate Caribbean Accounting Services in Bonaire and Curaçao [...]
This report written by Greg Peterson, outlines a very swift and well coordinated humanitarian action between Red Cross Aruba, the Dutch Marines, the Government of Aruba, Horacio Oduber hospital of Aruba, members of the business community and the Ports Authority of Aruba.
The Dutch Marine ship Hr. Ms. Pelikaan was dispatched to Haiti on a [...]
The former general manager of the Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa passes away. The following is a letter received this morning from his wife Patricia, and kids Deborah, and Jason Jutz.
“Early this morning the world lost a very special man when Gary succumbed to the complications of colon cancer. He died at our home [...]
The President of the Rotary International Club Diego Frankel announced the start of the 10th annual Rotary Golf Tournament, a sold-out event at Tierra del Sol, on Saturday.
The tournament collected funds for the local Autism foundation, for a Teen Pregnancy project, and for the recently launched Dress a Child initiative, in conjunction with other Service [...]
Diana and John O’Sullivan, Margaret Noonan and Kevin Williams are pictured here with the Clown Doctors. While on vacation in Aruba at Divi Resorts with 168 group members the visitors found it in their hearts to collect funds for a local charity. They picked the Clown Doctors and delivered $1,500 to foundation president Peter Balliere [...]
Charles Pantano, an island visitor from the USA who also owns a home on Aruba delivered a generous donation to Imeldahof Children’s home. Charlie received assistance this week from two local residents who did not want to be compensated for their time or effort, and as a form of gratitude Charlie decided to deliver a [...]
The Radisson Aruba Resort Casino & Spa organized an all day health fair on Saturday in the Grand Caribbean Ballroom promoting health and wellbeing, among associates and their family members.
Visitors to the fair interacted with Mental Health service providers, Wellness & Health Vendors and organizations who deliver free educational lectures, as well as other professional [...]