Palm Beach — The island’s most popular golf tournament, organized by Arion Wine Company in conjunction with Wente Vineyards and Papiamento Restaurant, at Tierra Del Sol Golf Course, raises funds for a community project each year, with the much-deserving Telefon pa Hubentud on the receiving end this time.
Winegrower Eric Wente was on the island on the occasion of the golf tournament welcoming sponsors and players, and expressing Wente Vineyard’s pride and pleasure at endorsing and supporting such a worthy cause.
Govert van der Hout explained that Arion Wine Company has been organizing the golf tournament for the past 11 years, since the company was founded. The company, has been representing Wente Vineyards since its onset, providing fine varieties of wines, to Aruba’s most famous restaurants, including The Ritz Carlton, the Flying Fishbone, Que Pasa, and Papiamento Restaurant.
Over the past 10 years the Wente Vineyards – Papiamento Restaurant Golf Tournament raised significant amounts of money for charity, thanks to the generosity of its three partners-sponsors.
This year’s charity, was picked together with the Ellis family, matriarch Lenie Ellis and her son, chef proprietor Edward Ellis. They selected the not-for-profit foundation in appreciation of its great work in the community sustaining youngsters with a help line #131, providing information and emotional support.
Recently, a small ceremony was held at Papiamento Restaurant, in the presence of James Sneek, Director of Telefon pa Hubentud, Eduard Ellis, Lenie Ellis and Govert van der Hout, where the generous check changed hands. The partners toasted with great satisfaction to past and future charity golf tournament successes, pledging their continued collaboration in social responsibility projects.
The Aruban Youth Telephone Line, Telefon Pa Hubentud, was launched on November 20, 1999, as an independent charity, with its distinctive telephone number ’131′ and logo, it is aimed at children and youngsters ages 8 to 24 providing service from 2pm to 6pm, 365 days a year.
