A message
Irma Moekestorm-Vreugdenhil from Maasland writes books for children. She has written twelve picture books and one poetry collection for adults, all published by Buddy Books in Almere. She believes it’s important for her stories to have humor and a lesson: there must be something recognizable that children can relate to and benefit from. In other words, her books have a message.
One of the participants in the Junior Songfestival was Lois Vreugdenhil with her group ‘Mixed Up’, singing the song ‘It Doesn’t Matter’. On Saturday, September 24th, Mixed Up competes with Luna, Infinity, and HIGH5 for the win. A professional jury, a children’s jury, and the home audience determine the result. The winner will go to Armenia later this year to represent the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
At the age of 17, I entered the tattoo world. I was an apprentice for four years, and it took 2.5 years before I was allowed to hold the machine for the first time. The old school way! That’s what I love about this profession. The art itself, but also the fact that I get to practice this profession every day. I’m still in love with it as much as when I started. Making people happy with a tattoo, how beautiful is that? I know how much power you can get from a tattoo. I was 16 when I got my first tattoo as a reminder of my best friend who passed away. That’s when I realized what it does to you when you get a tattoo. The whole moment of getting it done, the thought behind it, and why you do it. It’s really a process, a magical moment where I like to make a connection with you. There’s always a special bond that forms between the customer and the tattoo artist.
In March 2020, the Moeke foundation won the Volunteer Award in the council chamber of the city hall of the municipality of Kampen. They have been cooking for years for people who, due to difficult family or personal circumstances, cannot do it themselves. How nice it is to be relieved of this burden and to be able to eat healthy in such a difficult situation. Ellen Vreugdenhil is overjoyed. Earlier, her Moeke foundation won the Volunteer Award from the municipality of Kampen, and Floorever provided them with a new floor free of charge so that they can do their work even better in the kitchen. “
Oscar Vreugdenhil is normally found among building materials and saw machines, but this time it started in Poland. With an old Volvo, the entrepreneur from Meteren brings refugees from Ukraine to the nearest train station. “I have to help those people.” After a 1500-kilometer drive, he suddenly found himself at the border of the war zone. “Not dangerous, but exciting,” says Oscar.
Our question is: how do people create Christmas joy? We asked creative people to tell us their solutions. Hermen Vreugdenhil, for example, builds a miniature Christmas train-track each year. In their livingroom, a tiny cable-lift crosses a small pond with ice-skaters. The beautiful wintery landscape is something that Hermen builds back up each year, together with his four sons. “After St. Nicholas has left, the large baseplate is placed in the livingroom, followed by the train tracks first, and then the rest of the large city build around it.”
Mrs. C. Vreugdenhil has been awarded with the Royal decoration of Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Corry Vreugdenhil has been committed to caring for vulnerable children in Mongolia for over twenty years. One child, for example, has been abused at home, another lived on the street. Corry Vreugdenhil offers these vulnerable children love and safety in family-homes in Mongolia. For more information see the article about Corry Vreugdenhil in Vreugdeschakel 99.
Hermen Vreugdenhil, see picture) has been awarded with a Royal decoration given to him by the King’s Commissioner Ina Adema. He was awarded during the Provincial Council meeting. Hermen Vreugdenhil was made a Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau. The man from Nieuwendijk was a member of the Provincial Council from 2007 to 2011 and between 2015 and 2022. During the years 2014-2019 he was part of the local council of the former municipality of Werkendam.
In Vreugdeschakel 103 there was an article mentioning that Tom Vreugdenhil and his team worked on the most efficient hydrogen-car. With this car the students wanted to participate the Eco-marathon. The race was won by Tom and his team, which will be explained in this article.
The Netherlands, and in particular the Westland area, include more and more female truckers. Which is lucky, because the transport-community can really use girls who can drive. We can call female trucker Sandra a true ambassador and living business card for Renewi. This Westlandian is very enthusiastic about her work, her employer, and recommands everyone looking for a career-switch to join the transport branch.
