\n\t\t\t\tStaff members of the 19th Legislature load $20,000 in relief food donated by the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands to Karidat on Aug. 14, 2015, at Mariana Resort & Spa. Karidat will announce plans for the distribution of the food within the next week. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nActing Karidat executive director Judith Pangelinan accepted the donation from the HANMI board of directors, represented by chairwoman Gloria Cavanagh, secretary Hiroki Sugie, and board member Abner Acosta.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are all suffering and seeing everybody working together to ease the pain of those who are affected by this and help them pick up again and start all over is great because there are a lot of volunteers and a lot of people donating,\u201d Pangelinan said.<\/p>\n
Pangelinan said that even before the typhoon, Karidat was already out of items to be given away.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight before the typhoon, our pantry was completely bare. People come here and ask for food every day. Anybody that comes here, we have to give them whatever we have. Once we depleted it, we have to turn them away and tell them we\u2019re sorry we don\u2019t have any until such time that an organization or business donate again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
HANMI\u2019s donation included 332 cases of soba, 205 cases of luncheon meat, 166 cases of canned fruit, and 124 cases of canned vegetables. HANMI acknowledged distributer D&Q Saipan for giving them a discount on the luncheon meat purchased.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt this time, with so many people losing their homes and thousands of households without power, we know food remains a primary concern for many,\u201d said Cavanagh.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a longstanding partner of the community, HANMI wants to help alleviate this immediate need and is pleased to partner with Karidat to get this food out into the villages,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) also donated butane to be included in the relief kits that will be distributed by Karidat.<\/p>\n
A total of 50 cases of butane were delivered to the Karidat office last Friday.<\/p>\n
Karidat was also able to get a grant from Catholic Charities worth $10,000 to get relief supplies, half of which were food items while the other half were used to purchase hygiene supplies, gas vouchers and butane.<\/p>\n
All of these will be included in the care packages to be distributed sometime this week. Karidat hoped to repack items over the weekend and distribute today but weather got bad due to Tropical Storm Goni.<\/p>\n
Karidat said they will not be distributing in their office but will be going out to the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur distribution will be at the parishes at each of the Catholic churches. We might begin with Kagman parish for the first distribution,\u201d Pangelinan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose from San Antonio don\u2019t need to go to all the way to Kagman because we will also be distributing goods in San Antonio. We want to go out to the community instead of them coming to us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Karidat said they will be announcing through the media when they will hold relief distribution in the community. Members of the 19th Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature will also assist with the distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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