{"id":218723,"date":"2016-01-15T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=218723"},"modified":"2016-01-15T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:00:43","slug":"giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving back to the community one village at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-218723 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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/animal-shelter-after\/'>animal-shelter-after<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218726'>\n\t\t\t\tThe spanking new animal shelter after it was repaired by the CSR team. (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/animal-shelter-before\/'>animal-shelter-before<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218727'>\n\t\t\t\tThe animal shelter before improvements were made by BSI. (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/beautification\/'>beautification<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218728'>\n\t\t\t\tA CSR worker restores flowering plants.  (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/clean-up\/'>clean-up<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218729'>\n\t\t\t\tCSR workers haul piles of trash and other litter during its cleanup drive. (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/pak-pak-beach-vandalisim\/'>Pak-Pak-Beach-vandalisim<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218730'>\n\t\t\t\tVandalism and graffiti covers this structure.  (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/pak-pak-beach\/'>Pak-Pak-Beach<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218731'>\n\t\t\t\tClean up work in restoring the facility\u2019s old look. (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/water-blasting\/'>water-blasting<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218732'>\n\t\t\t\tWater-blasting at Laly 4\u2019s basketball court.  (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/youth-center-after\/'>Youth-Center-after<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218733'>\n\t\t\t\tCSR team recycling the playground equipment at Dandan Middle School. (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\/giving-back-to-the-community-one-village-at-a-time\/youth-center-before\/'>Youth-Center-before<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218734'>\n\t\t\t\tSetting up the groundwork for the playground equipment. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There are many gratifying rewards in driving a team to reach out to a community with the goal of instilling pride in one\u2019s surroundings and primary environment. There are plenty of opportunities to help keep Saipan beautiful. A great way for a company to draw groups and individuals to make a difference is by setting in motion projects that bolster community goodwill and pride. <\/p>\n<p>Aptly called Village Pride Project, the neighborhood cleanup and beautification campaign was initiated by Best Sunshine International, Ltd.&#8217;s tandem corporate social responsibility teams to fulfill the company\u2019s commitment to give back to the community. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI designed the Village Pride Project to get CSR in the villages, working with villagers providing support with beautification, \u201c explains CSR director Rita Chong.<\/p>\n<p>The whole vision, according to Chong, is to bring pride into the community.<\/p>\n<p>And for the past months, this has led to growing collaboration with the community and other stakeholders, allowing them to take part and ownership of community-oriented programs that value and promote collective work.<\/p>\n<p>Activities under the Village Pride Project is also about partnership\u2014and connecting the private sector to the community, one that extends beyond corporate work to build a stronger and sustainable community beautification and development programs that result in greater community involvement and engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all of us to be proud of the villages we live in and to be motivated to work together to beautify our villages so that when our visitors come to our island, they will also want to come see the beauty of our villages and what makes each one unique,\u201d adds Chong.<\/p>\n<p>These projects offer the company the chance to actualize and explore potentials for community involvement by means of repair and restoration projects around the island\u2019s neighboring villages. Whether it\u2019s reconstructing a playground, repairing worn down amenities visiting the man\u2019amko center, or clearing debris and unkempt areas of villages, the Village Pride Project of Best Sunshine\u2019s CSR teams is an excellent way to bring about change at a personal level. <\/p>\n<p>Village Pride also promotes partnerships with different agencies that assist BSI in their efforts to beautify and improve the CNMI. <\/p>\n<p>According to Geri Dela Cruz, CSR 2 director, the \u201cVillage Pride Project is something special to me. This is my home, and home to the other 50 members of CSR. Going into communities and assisting in improving our islands is something that we all take pride in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She adds, \u201cTo cite an example, we are very happy with the outcome of the Dandan Village Pride event. When we assessed Dandan, there wasn\u2019t a doubt that this place needed some TLC. We chose to make improvements at the Dandan Homestead Children\u2019s Park. Dandan is very fortunate to have something like this in their community. I don\u2019t know of any other place [on] Saipan that has something like this. When we first came in, all we saw were overgrown grass. After we started cleaning the grassy areas, we noticed that there was a playground there donated by Tan Holdings. As we continued our work in Dandan, we see children that joined us after school as they play in the playground. 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