Govt agencies to receive turkey this Thanksgiving
Saipan & Northern Islands Municipal Council Secretary and Association of Marianas Council president Angel S. Hocog announced recently the association’s launching of its first Thanksgiving project to deliver cooked turkeys to different government agencies on Saipan, Tinian and Rota this coming Nov. 22.
The initiative is estimated to cost approximately $1,500 to be defrayed from the association’s funds.
Recipients of the council’s initiative on Saipan are the Man Amko center, battered women shelter, youth services division, Kagman correctional facility, and Maturana House of Prayer on Navy Hill.
The respective municipal councils on Tinian and Rota have yet to identify their recipients.
Chairwoman Marian Tudela along with vice chairwoman Antonia Tudela and AMC President Angel Hocog will personally deliver the cooked turkeys to the lucky recipients on Saipan on the morning of the 22nd . The members will be assisted by the Saipan council staff.
Meanwhile, the Saipan Council will also be hosting a luncheon at Minachom At’dao for the visiting basketball team from Barrrigada, Guam along with the teams from Tinian, Rota and Saipan on November 22nd as well. The team from the neighbor island of Guam will compete with the teams from Saipan, Tinian and Rota in the upcoming Northern Youth Basketball Invitational Tournament from Nov. 18-26, 2006. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]