TakeCare\/FHP has joined the roster of title sponsors for the 2012 Marianas March Against Cancer, donating $3,000 for the event that will be held on April 27 to 28 at the Hopwood Jr. High School field in Chalan Piao.<\/p>\n
Staffers of the healthcare company led by clinic supervisor Nora Sablan presented the check donation and the registration fee for Team TakeCare\/FHP to MMAC committee members at their clinic in TSL Plaza in Garapan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
This is the fifth consecutive year that TakeCare\/FHP is sponsoring the event, including the dinner banquet for cancer survivors on the night of the event. Sablan commended the MMAC committee for their efforts to make the event happen each year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a cancer survivor myself, I\u2019m grateful for all their hard work every year to make the Marianas March Against Cancer event happen,\u201d she said. \u201cConsidering this is a volunteer-led event, what they\u2019re doing is really a great thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sablan, who is also part of the MMAC survivors committee, urged all cancer survivors to come out and be a part of this year\u2019s celebration by calling 235-0994 to 98 to register.<\/p>\n
Also attending Wednesday\u2019s donation was CCA board member Maggie Camacho, who said that they \u201cgreatly appreciate the continued support\u201d of TakeCare\/FHP to MMAC.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir in-kind and monetary donation allows CCA to be able to assist the cancer population, whether it\u2019s the survivors or the caregivers. We hope that we may see more companies like TakeCare\/FHP to come out and help combat the disease,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Catherine Attao-Toves, overall event committee chair, described TakeCare\/FHP as \u201ckey supporters\u201d of MMAC and this year\u2019s sponsorship is \u201clooking really good.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m speechless\u2026Times are hard but our regular sponsors really do care about the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Attao-Toves added that luminaries and t-shirts are now available for sale at the CCA office in Gualo Rai.<\/p>\n
This year marks the 10th year of the largest signature fundraising event of the Commonwealth Cancer Association. For more information, call 682-0050 or 285-1828, email attaoc@yahoo.com or visit www.ccamarianas.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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