{"id":210026,"date":"2015-09-09T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=210026"},"modified":"2015-09-09T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:00:05","slug":"businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses continue to support the Red Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of businesses have stepped up to provide much-needed financial support to the American Red Cross\u2019 relief efforts in response to Typhoon Soudelor\u2019s widespread damage to the Northern Marianas on Aug. 2.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-210026 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\/businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross\/arc-donation-pix1\/'>ARC donation pix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210036'>\n\t\t\t\tPictured from left: ABC Stores store manager Raymond Borja, district manager Aaron Gandaoli, store manager Jocelyn McCarthy, American Red Cross NMI Chapter executive director John Hirsh, and board member Larry Lee. (Contributed Photo)\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\/businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross\/arc-donation-pix2\/'>ARC donation pix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210037'>\n\t\t\t\tPictured from left: Red Cross board member Larry Lee and executive director John Hirsh, NAPA Auto &#038; Truck parts manager Satya \u201cNani\u201d V. Vallabhaneni, and staff members Virginia Santillan and Jessica Deleon Guerrero. (Contributed Photo)\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\/businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross\/arc-donation-pix3\/'>ARC donation pix3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210038'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left: Red Cross board member Larry Lee, Bridge Capital\u2019s Joe Guerrero, Red Cross executive director John Hirsh, Bridge Capital vice president\/chief operating officer Jody Jordahl, Red Cross board chair Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, and Emergency Services director Paul Camacho. (Contributed Photo)\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\/businesses-continue-to-support-the-red-cross\/arc-donation-pix4\/'>ARC donation pix4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-210039'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left: American Red Cross board chair Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, FHB vice president Saipan area manager Juan Lizama, American Red Cross NMI Chapter executive director John Hirsh, and Red Cross volunteer Gil Muna. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>First Hawaiian Bank donated $25,000. \u201cFirst Hawaiian Bank has and continues to be a proud supporter of the American Red Cross,\u201d said FHB vice president and Saipan area manager Juan Lizama. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other businesses that have supported relief efforts on Saipan are ABC Stores, which donated $10,000; NAPA Auto &#038; Truck Parts Saipan and NAPA Sacramento Distribution Center, which donated $10,000; and Bridge Capital, which donated $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>Previous donors include Duty Free Shoppers, Joeten DaiDai Charitable Foundation, Bank of Guam, First Hawaiian Bank, Bank of Hawaii, MARPAC Distributors, Ada\u2019s Trust for Saipan, McDonald\u2019s Restaurants of Hawaii, TakeCare Foundation, Matson Navigation, Mobil Guam, and the Freeman Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the American Red Cross has assisted over 9,000 people in the CNMI, providing close to a million dollars in direct financial assistance, and over $1.2 million worth of food, water, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene items. In addition, the Red Cross has provided nearly 32,000 meals and snacks. Those in need receive emotional support, and health and counseling services.<\/p>\n<p>Financial donations are especially needed because the Red Cross NMI Chapter\u2019s annual Club 200 event, originally scheduled for\u00a0Oct. 3, has been cancelled.\u00a0This event is a major fundraiser for the NMI Chapter, but\u00a0employees and volunteers are focusing solely on improving lives and helping those affected by the storm.\u00a0The Red Cross encourages all ticket buyers to support relief efforts by making a financial contribution to the Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Local recipients of Red Cross assistance say they appreciate the services provided by the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our mission to assist those in need on Saipan and we can\u2019t accomplish our mission without local support,\u201d said John Hirsh, executive director of the NMI Chapter. \u201cOur community\u2019s support and generosity during this time of great need on the island is both necessary and much appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The community\u00a0can help by donating specifically to the American Red Cross NMI Chapter by calling or visiting the Chapter office on Airport Road, or by emailing  nmichapter@redcross.org. <strong>(ARC)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of businesses have stepped up to provide much-needed financial support to the American&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":210036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2459,1557,3628,6937],"class_list":["post-210026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-american-red-cross","tag-first-hawaiian-bank","tag-matson-navigation","tag-mobil-guam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210026","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=210026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}