{"id":180320,"date":"2014-09-29T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=180320"},"modified":"2014-09-29T04:00:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T18:00:58","slug":"mhs-give-club-gives-hope-continent-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mhs-give-club-gives-hope-continent-away\/","title":{"rendered":"MHS\u2019 GIVE Club gives hope a continent away"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Members of the GIVE club at Marianas High School pose for a photo after one of their weekly meetings led by senior student and club founder Esther Choi. (Thomas Manglona II)
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\nMarianas High School student Esther Choi is giving hope an ocean way. Choi, a senior at MHS, formed the \u201cGet Involved, Value Everyone\u201d club, or GIVE, in an effort to encourage her peers in school to be a part of the island community by doing something meaningful.<\/p>\n

Since March, Choi and club members have raised enough funds to sponsor a 6-year-old girl residing in Africa. The child\u2019s father passed away, and her mother earns only $40 a month. GIVE sends $30 a month to the family hoping that it will provide the child with better food, clothing, and living environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy main hope is that the community will perhaps be affected by the club\u2019s activities of bringing kindness to people,\u201d she told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

Choi said she founded the club in 2012 and since then has been working hard to earn money with her classmates by conducting fundraising events like beach cleanups every month.<\/p>\n

Choi, who is also the lead mathematician of the winning Real World Design Challenge team that will represent the islands later this year, said she has invested much of her time and energy in the club. \u201cI try to manage my time in order to be involved in everything that is important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

GIVE, in an effort to continue its humanitarian activities, is urging members of the community to donate money or goods to the club that will be sent to the African child\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince it is just a group of students in a school who are trying very hard to send money every month, it is not always easy to raise that amount per month,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

The club has plans in store to increase the number of children that they are sponsoring.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny help from the community will be greatly appreciated,\u201d she added. \u201cGIVE is a non-profit organization and school club, so all the money we get will go to the children in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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