{"id":195547,"date":"2015-04-03T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=195547"},"modified":"2015-04-03T04:00:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T18:00:43","slug":"plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bag Challenge kicks off with celebrity bagging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mariana Islands Nature Alliance is excited to welcome D&#038;Q International Distributors as the newest partner of the Plastic Bag Challenge campaign!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-195547 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-1\/'>Picture 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195549'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the Marianas Young Professionals volunteer their time at the second Volunteer Bagging at Joeten Susupe in celebration of Environmental Awareness Month. (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-2\/'>Picture 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195550'>\n\t\t\t\tMINA board chair Frankie Eliptico and Xerox sales executive Nola Hix stop for a quick photo during the event.  (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-3\/'>Picture 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195551'>\n\t\t\t\tJackie Che, NMC director for Institutional Effectiveness, volunteers during the second volunteer bagging event.  (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-4\/'>Picture 4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195552'>\n\t\t\t\tBECQ\u2019s Jihan Buniag bags groceries with one of the bags MINA gave out for free. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-6\/'>Picture 6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195553'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left, MINA volunteer Myla Capilitan, interim executive director Brooke Nevitt, BECQ\u2019s Jihan Buniag, Miss Teen Marianas Gianna Camacho, and Rep. Edmund Villagomez support MINA\u2019s efforts in eliminating plastic pollution in the CNMI.  (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-7\/'>Picture 7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195554'>\n\t\t\t\tMINA board member Eleanor Cabrera and family came out to support the Plastic Bag Challenge campaign. (MINA)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-8\/'>Picture 8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195555'>\n\t\t\t\tHouse Speaker Joseph Deleon Guerrero loads groceries into a reusable bag. (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/plastic-bag-challenge-kicks-off-with-celebrity-bagging\/picture-9\/'>Picture 9<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-195556'>\n\t\t\t\tRep. Angel Demapan and the Lt. Governor\u2019s chief of staff Matt Deleon Guerrero were a few of the many volunteer baggers giving out free reusable eco bags to customers. (MINA)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To kick off this partnership with MINA and Joeten, we celebrated with the help of CNMI volunteer superstars. The event was held on Tuesday, March 31, at Joeten Susupe, Joeten Dandan, Joeten Kagman, and Joeten Hafa Adai from 5pm to 6pm. Volunteers bagged groceries and handed out reusable eco-bags to encourage customers to reduce the use of plastic bags.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, April is Environmental Awareness Month. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cOur Natural Treasures.\u201d Call MINA and BECQ at 233-REEF or 664-8500 to see how you can join in on the many environmental activities! <strong>(MINA)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mariana Islands Nature Alliance is excited to welcome D&#038;Q International Distributors as the newest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":195549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3458,3537,3538,2313],"class_list":["post-195547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-environmental-awareness-month","tag-joeten-hafa-adai","tag-joeten-kagman","tag-joeten-susupe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}