{"id":219942,"date":"2016-02-02T04:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=219942"},"modified":"2016-02-02T04:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T18:00:13","slug":"bsi-supports-saipan-cares-for-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bsi-supports-saipan-cares-for-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"BSI supports Saipan Cares for Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-219942 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\/bsi-supports-saipan-cares-for-animals\/animal-shelter-1\/'>Animal-Shelter-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219944'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine International, Ltd. donated canned goods and supplies to Saipan Cares for Animals.Accepting the donation are vice president of Saipan Cares for Animals Elizabeth Pliscou and volunteer Nicole Essa, alongside Mayor David M. Apatang and his staff. (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\/bsi-supports-saipan-cares-for-animals\/animal-shelter-3\/'>Animal-Shelter-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219943'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine\u203as CSR members repaired and put tarps over the dog kennels at the animal shelter which was considerably damaged by Typhoon Soudelor. (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\/bsi-supports-saipan-cares-for-animals\/animal-shelter-2\/'>Animal-Shelter-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-219945'>\n\t\t\t\tA puppy seeks temporary shelter until it finds an adoptive family to take him home. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Saipan Cares for Animals, one of the island\u2019s major volunteer groups partnering with the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office in animal welfare, received animal food and care supplies donated by Best Sunshine International, Ltd. employees from an in-house drive initiated by the company\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility team led by BSI CSR director Rita Chong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal of the in-house drive is to get BSI employees to support Saipan Cares for Animals in helping the animals in the shelter by donating pet food, and treats, as well as supplies such as leashes, food and water bowls. CSR initiated the in-house drive after receiving requests from Mr. Bruce Loprete, BSI VP for Surveillance, asking us to see how we can help the animals at the shelter. CSR project coordinators Kent Kalen and John Brel conducted an assessment of the facility and it was decided that it will be a worthwhile cause,\u201d said Chong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company in-house drive is being handled by CSR project coordinator Anthony Yoshikawa.\u00a0 He and his team have put together fliers that are posted at BSI\u2019s administrative offices at the Bank of Guam Building and the staff lounge at the casino,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang said, \u201cI\u2019d like to thank Best Sunshine for their generous contribution to help our animals at the shelter, and also for what they did to provide shelter from the rain for the dogs in the kennels. We really appreciate all the community service that the Best Sunshine CSR team is doing for the people of Saipan, especially the beautification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice president for Saipan Cares for Animals Elizabeth Pliscou, commented, \u201cWe are really thankful for the donation made by Best Sunshine, of canned food, treats and all the supplies for the animals. Thank you especially for restoring and installing the tarp on the roof of the dog kennels. It really helps with draining all he rain water and I think the design of it was very smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the in-house drive, BSI\u2019s CSR team will be working on a public outreach campaign to raise awareness and inform the public about the plight of the animals at the shelter, hopefully to get public support. They will be conducting a food and supply drive in the community.<\/p>\n<p>CSR has been doing some repairs of the kennels at the animal shelter located at Lower Base to help keep the animals safe and dry, after the shelter sustained damage from Typhoon Soudelor. There are more activities planned to assist the Mayor\u2019s Office with the upkeep and maintenance of the shelter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan Cares for Animals, one of the island\u2019s major volunteer groups partnering with the Saipan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":219943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1707,1311,8034,42],"class_list":["post-219942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-best-sunshine-international","tag-bsi","tag-csr","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219942","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=219942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}