Delta cleans up Kilili Beach; collects 940 lbs of trash
More than 40 staff members of Delta Air Lines did their first community service project cleanup from Kilili Beach Park to Civic Center Park. Despite the heavy rain, 940 lbs of trash was collected. (Jayson Camacho)
As part of Delta Air Lines corporate social responsibility to the community, they did their first ever community service project in the CNMI, cleaning up Kilili Beach Park to Civic Center Park in Susupe early yesterday morning.
According to Delta sales account executive Christopher Concepcion, over 40 employees collected 940 lbs of trash despite the heavy rain.
Concepcion said they began at 7:30am and ended at 12pm, after which the staff was treated to lunch.
Steven Crowdey, Delta’s director for Micronesia, Philippines, and Australia, who was also at the cleanup, said that Delta staff from Japan and the Philippines joined Delta’s Saipan employees for the cleanup.
Delta’s Japan and Philippines staff included sales and information technology teams.
“We don’t have that many people here, so it is nice that we have staff flying in from overseas to help the local staff and do what they should be doing in the local community,” Crowdey said.
He said it was a first for them to do the cleanup and they will figure out what to do next.
“The Delta team has been a positive contributor to the communities where we live, work, and operate. We are a values-based company and strongly focused on maintaining a sustainable business model for our employees, our customers and our shareowners,” he said.
Kudos to you all especially since only a handful of employees have benefits. I feel sorry for them because an industry standard is to have health and flights benefits as well as up to $20/hr. But because our minimum wage is so low, they feel like they don’t need to pay them that well.
Thanks to all who helped. I cannot afford to pay a disposal company to take away my trash, so I just go for a drive at night and throw it in the bushes next to the beach. Been doing it since I moved here from Oregon twelve years ago. My neighbors do the same. Why should we pay to throw stuff away, when some group like Delta will finally come along and do it for free? Can’t catch me or my neighbors unless you spend millions on security cameras and lighting on all the beaches. If trash collection was free, meaning paid by taxes, nobody would throw on the beach or on the mountain, and the whole island would be a lot more beautiful.