Shell donates to kids’ nonprofits

In an ongoing effort to support Saipan’s nonprofit organizations, Shell Marianas donated 960 of its Limited Edition Collection of Ferrari Model cars to child-serving organizations dedicated to helping Saipan’s children.

Head Start, Karidat, CHC Volunteers Association, and Connecting Families Inc. each received 240 Ferrari model cars from Shell to provide children with toys to play with at their homes or when they visit the establishments.

“This is just a small token of our appreciation for what these nonprofit organizations do every day to help the children of Saipan,” said Eloy Lizama, president of Shell North Pacific Inc. “If one or two or 25 children get some joy out of the model cars, we’re happy.”

Representatives of the four nonprofit organizations expressed appreciation for the donation from Shell Marianas and discussed how they planned to use the toys to further serve their clients.

Angie Deleon Guerrero, director of Karidat, thanked Shell Marianas for the “early Christmas gift” that the Ferrari model cars represent.

“We will be using the toys for our Christmas distribution for Toys for Tots. We’ll give some for birthdays of kids in the shelter throughout the year and the rest for Christmas Toys for Tots,” Deleon Guerrero said.

CHC Volunteers Association vice president Annie Benavente said, “As far as the distribution is concerned, we have to get together as a group and decide. Perhaps we’ll distribute to our pediatrics ward. We’ll also do some promotion as we still need to raise funds for other projects.”

Neda Camacho, program director for Connecting Families, Inc. was “overwhelmed with Shell’s generous donation.” She added that the children at the center would love the toys.

Head start director Keiko Yamagata said the children served by the Head Start program would be very happy when they receive the toys.

The Limited Edition Collection of Ferrari Model Cars was an integral part of the Shell V-Power® Premium Gasoline campaign in 2008-2009. Resulting from Shell’s partnership with Ferrari in Formula One, Shell V-Power is the most advanced fuel Shell has ever developed. It contains more than five times the minimum amount of cleaning agents required by federal government standards and twice the cleaning agents required by the “Top Tier” standard.

Shell customers can now enter to win a trip for two to the Formula One Grand Prix in Fuji, Japan, at stations on Saipan. With every $20 fuel purchase, customers receive an entry form for a chance to win. Other great prizes include round-trip tickets via Northwest Airlines to select Formula One Grand Prix locations including Malaysia, Singapore, Shanghai and Japan; Shell fuel totaling $1,000; and three $300 in auto-related bill payments for six months.

For more about Shell Saipan, visit www.shellguam.com/saipan. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]