The Public School System\u2019s Central Office donated this week about 30 toys bought with money from a silent auction they had among staff recently, according to Elsa Castro who dropped off the toys at the Karidat office this Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the time of Christmas, where needy families don\u2019t have anything to unwrap, the silent auction was good opportunity to raise funds to buy gifts for those kids\u2026the kids who really need it the most,\u201d Castro told the Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
According to Castro, the silent auction was the idea of associate commissioner of curriculum and instruction Jackie Quitigua, and soon caught on with other offices in PSS Central.<\/p>\n
The silent auction was comprised of unused items PSS employee and staff brought from their households, according Castro. The items included brand-new luggage, towels, handbags, diaries, pencils, headband sets, perfumes, fragrance products and other household items.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of times we buy things that we don\u2019t use,\u201d she said. They had a week to gather the times, and held the auction last week Friday.<\/p>\n
The toys were bought from Lollipops and Joeten, according to Castro. She targeted toys for kids aged 36 months and below up to 16 years old, she said.<\/p>\n
The 30 toys purchased were worth $217. 50, she added.<\/p>\n
She hopes PSS will start earlier next year, aiming hopefully at November to start raising money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope we continue. We\u2019re going to aim to start early, and hopefully we raise close to $500, if not a $1,000,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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