Mayor Michel Bezuijen had a busy morning: fifteen Zoetermeer residents received a royal decoration during the annual ribbon shower. You can read here which fellow citizens are involved.
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Traditionally, the ribbons are awarded every year on the day before King’s Day. This time fifteen Zoetermeer residents have been put in the spotlight in the Stadstheater.
Ribbon rain in Zoetermeer
We can congratulate the following fellow citizens with a royal award, because they have committed themselves to Zoetermeer:
- Aleidus Alderink
- Gerardus Leendert Bettenhaussen
- Dewkumar Bhikhari
- IJSbrand Feeke
- Frederik van Ipenburg
- Johanna Kruithof-Damming
- Josephina Maria Maes-Keulders
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- Maria Johanna Petronella van Tienen-van der Knaap
- Cornelia Johanna Maria van Veen-Bosman
- Clasina Johanna Maria Veringa-Meijer
- Pieter van Wingerde
- Maria de Zwart-Buijs
- Maria Cornelia Anna Estourgie-Berk (Knight)
- Maureen Kathleen Jap-A-Joe (Knight)
Thousands of ribbons
This year, 2,850 people throughout the Netherlands were surprised with a ribbon. The vast majority of them receive one because of their voluntary work, the rest receive it because of ‘special merits in paid employment’. There are more men (64 percent) than women (36 percent) who receive a ribbon.
To all Zoetermeerers with a ribbon: congratulations!