{"id":208862,"date":"2015-08-21T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=208862"},"modified":"2015-08-21T06:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:00:29","slug":"skywalker-donates-drinks-to-clearing-crews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/skywalker-donates-drinks-to-clearing-crews\/","title":{"rendered":"Skywalker donates drinks to clearing crews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the donation of some of the tents used during the Liberation Day Festival to non-profit organizations for use in the recovery efforts, Skywalker Communications Group has begun distributing cases of Gatorade drinks to the \u201cheroes\u201d who have been working day and night to restore the island of Saipan after the onslaught of Typhoon Soudelor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_208867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208867\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a attid=\"208867\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Skywalker-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Skywalker-pix-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crews of the Department of Public Works have their picture taken with Skywalker representatives during the presentation of Gatorade drinks. (Contributed Photo) \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-208867\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-208867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews of the Department of Public Works have their picture taken with Skywalker representatives during the presentation of Gatorade drinks. (Contributed Photo)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe aftermath of Typhoon Soudelor brought our community to its knees.  It not only damaged homes, it also damaged the spirits of our people,\u201dsaid Dr. Hu Bo, managing director of the Skywalker Communications Group.  \u201cThese heroes came out, braved the rain, the hot sun, and risked their lives and limbs just to start the process of restoring our island home.  For that, we can\u2019t thank them enough. These heroes are the reason we are \u2018Saipan Strong.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 2, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor ripped through the island of Saipan, causing injuries and destroying homes and the island\u2019s infrastructure. <strong>(BSI)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the donation of some of the tents used during the Liberation Day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":208867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4780,6647,3705,6333],"class_list":["post-208862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-liberation-day-festival","tag-saipan-strong","tag-skywalker-communications-group","tag-typhoon-soudelor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208862","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}