{"id":221024,"date":"2016-02-17T06:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=221024"},"modified":"2016-02-17T06:06:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T20:06:14","slug":"manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"Man\u2019amko and Best Sunshine dance together at Sweetheart Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-221024 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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-1\/'>Sweetheart-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221025'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine Corporate Social Responsibility Project manager Mike Manglona and Linda Concepcion Torres from the Office on Aging pose for during Man\u2019amko Prom.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-2\/'>Sweetheart-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221026'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine\u2019s CSR department serenade the man\u2019amko.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-3\/'>Sweetheart-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221027'>\n\t\t\t\tA few Best Sunshine CSR team members assisted and ushered the elders.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-4\/'>Sweetheart-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221028'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Manamko Prom theme was P.S. I love you and the Taga Hall was all decked out that kicked off the Valentine\u2019s Day weekend.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-5\/'>Sweetheart-pix-5<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221029'>\n\t\t\t\tA live band played familiar local tunes prompting the man\u2019amkos to hit the dance floor to celebrate the evening.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-6\/'>Sweetheart-pix-6<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221030'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine CSR team assisted and served the food.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-7\/'>Sweetheart-pix-7<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221031'>\n\t\t\t\tOn behalf of the Man\u2019amkos and the Office on Aging, Best Sunshine was presented with a certificate of appreciation for its continued support to the center.\n\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-8\/'>Sweetheart-pix-8<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221032'>\n\t\t\t\tIt was truly an evening to remember.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-9\/'>Sweetheart-pix-9<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221033'>\n\t\t\t\tA photo booth was also provided by Best Sunshine to capture and remember each moment.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-10\/'>Sweetheart-pix-10<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221034'>\n\t\t\t\tCarmelito Asuncion and Eden Liwag gladly accept their prize after being named Manamko Prom King and Queen.\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\/manamko-and-best-sunshine-dance-together-at-sweetheart-ball\/sweetheart-pix-11\/'>Sweetheart-pix-11<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-221035'>\n\t\t\t\tPosing with the newly crowned king and queen are Rep. Felicidad Ogumoro and CSR director Rita Chong.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Office on Aging\u2019s Man\u2019amko Center celebrated Valentine\u2019s Day with its first ever prom-themed Sweetheart Ball. <\/p>\n<p>Complete with the bells and whistles of any glitzy prom, a gala livened up with entertainment, food and dance, and even their own photobooth, the exciting event was hosted by Best Sunshine International, Ltd. at the Taga Ballroom of Saipan World Resort Friday evening. The staging of the event was in honor of our elderly as they dressed up and danced the night away to live music and entertainment performed especially for them by the Saipan Sunset Islanders and the Corporatez. <\/p>\n<p>The event drew around 135 attendees, including special guests of the senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>One of the regulars at the Man\u2019amko Center, and crowned Prom Queen at the highlight of the event, Eden Liwag, says, \u201cIt\u2019s the best prom ever. We have seen how the company takes care of us. Best Sunshine has went out of their way to really entertain us and to give us more life just by being so kind and generous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Best Sunshine Corporate Social Responsibility director Rita Chong, who spearheaded the concept of the Sweetheart Ball, comments, \u201cHere in the Marianas, we value our man\u2019amko. This is their night. CSR is very honored to have been a part of this beautiful event. With humble gratitude, we give thanks to Mr. Walter Manglona and his great team, most especially the man\u2019amko themselves, for allowing the CSR team to help put this event together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Manglona, CSR project manager, explains that the event is a continuance of giving value and unparalleled service to our elders after the welcome back banquet that BSI held at the Man\u2019amko Center to welcome them back to the center after the typhoon. He says, \u201cBy throwing them a prom, it is a way of uplifting their spirits and is a contribution we are honored to do for our senior citizens. We hope to bring them joy little by little.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them did not get a chance to go to a prom and we wanted to give them this chance to have a fun time,\u201d said Chandis Cooper, CSR coordinator, who also performed and sang for the man\u2019amko as part of their entertainment for the night. \u201cHere at CSR, we always ask two questions before we pursue a project: Does it instill pride? And is there a need for it? The man\u2019amko are a big part of our culture and we want to help give back to them, especially after Soudelor.  With the man\u2019amko being our pride, it also instills and extends pride in ourselves,\u201d adds Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>Minerva Managhoy, a multiple-award winner at the Sweetheart Ball, said, \u201cI only have gratitude for everything that Best Sunshine is doing, not only for the man\u2019amko, but for the whole CNMI. We\u2019ve always wanted something like this in a wonderful hotel setting but never thought it was going to be given for free, including the service and smiles they put into it. This is really a big blessing for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aging Office director Walter Manglona extends his appreciation to Best Sunshine and the CSR team and all who had a hand in making the first-ever Sweetheart Ball a success. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cI would like to thank BSI for their extremely generous contribution to our elders and for making their Valentine\u2019s Day meaningful and exciting. 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