Palm Beach – Friends of the Handicapped, a volunteer organization of tourists wintering on the island at Casa Del Mar, Aruba Beach Club, Costa Linda and Playa Linda, concluded its winter 2007 fund raising season with over Afls 100,000 in donations.
To date, the extraordinary visitors have collected more than one million florins and donated the amount to local associations and organizations, dedicated to the welfare of Aruba’s mentally, and physically handicapped.
Among recipient of generous checks Mi Por, a new organization of mothers with handicapped infants, Foster Home Imeldahof, the Edmund Harms Hospice Foundation, the hearing-impaired Funari school, Fundacion Respeta Mi who guards against child abuse, Ambiente Nobo, sister Philothea’s home, Ambiente Feliz & AVA, catering to special-need kids, Samba, fighting drug abuse, Centro Kibrahacha for the elderly, Bibito Pin, a school for kids with disabilities, Fundacion Cas Marie, dedicated to those suffering from dementia, Clown Doctors who visit the elderly an kids in the hospital, the Red Cross dedicated to disaster first response and management and Fundacion Pa Nos Muchana whose name indicates care for children.
Foundation President Art Stark called recipients up and asked them all to say a few words about their foundation. It was a very moving and emotional evening, as representative of the not-for-profit foundations outlined the work they do on behalf of the needy also explaining how the funds will be used.
The evening was also graced by CEDE Aruba and its director Jan Veneman. CEDE Aruba is a Dutch foundation which often matches donations and recommends worthy causes.
Pictured here, the FOH board, at the fund distribution event, handing over Afls 100.000 to 15 not-for-profit organizations supporting Aruba’s handicapped community.
