{"id":239286,"date":"2016-10-28T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=239286"},"modified":"2016-10-28T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T20:00:08","slug":"bsi-csr-transforms-aging-office-haunted-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bsi-csr-transforms-aging-office-haunted-house\/","title":{"rendered":"BSI-CSR transforms Aging Office into haunted house"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-239286 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-csr-transforms-aging-office-haunted-house\/1-33\/'>1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-239289'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine International, Ltd.\u2019s CSR staff support the man\u2019amko fundraiser at the Office on Aging Wednesday evening.\u00a0 (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-csr-transforms-aging-office-haunted-house\/2-31\/'>2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-239290'>\n\t\t\t\tBest Sunshine International, Ltd.\u2019s CSR executive director Geri Dela Cruz is surrounded by CSR staff in various creepy costumes. (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-csr-transforms-aging-office-haunted-house\/4-26\/'>4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-239291'>\n\t\t\t\tThere was also a $1 photo booth to capture the haunting experience which was put together by BSI-CSR. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Best Sunshine International, Ltd.\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility transformed the Office on Aging into creepy haunted house Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Close to 300 community-goers gathered to experience the transformation, as part of the agency\u2019s charity event that was staged to support future activities of the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>This event is a joint partnership between BSI-CSR and the Office on Aging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCSR values its relationship with our elders through programs and activities that will support them. Our partnership with the man\u2019amko is one that we are very proud of and the \u2018Man\u2019amko Haunted House\u2019 is one unique way to ensure that our community gather in support of our elderly,\u201d CSR executive director Geri Dela Cruz said. \u201cOur elderly were excited about this event and we are happy that the community came out to support.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>For weeks, the CSR team invited partners throughout the community\u2014the Lions Club, Napu Outrigger Canoe Club, Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Red Cross Club, and the Matua Riders\u2014for an \u201cadopt-a-room\u201d to decorate and re-create a ghoulish atmosphere at the center. Together with the CSR team, the partners recreated the activity rooms of the Man\u2019amko Center into a witches\u2019 lair, clown hall, asylum, cemetery, and dead nursery that paying \u201cvisitors\u201d were able to witness during their tour. <\/p>\n<p>A few of the man\u2019amko from the center also participated as witches and zombies. <\/p>\n<p>Linda C. Torres, Office on Aging community development specialist and special Halloween event coordinator, said,\u00a0\u201cThis is our very first Halloween haunted house for the man\u2019amko. We wanted to try something different and something fun for them. They were also part of the haunted house as zombies and witches so it was definitely something fun and exciting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited for their first haunted house. Imperial Pacific\u2019s CSR team has been great and they provided most of the materials. Imperial Pacific International\u2019s CSR team has been the main sponsor for the event so we are very grateful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a part of their effort to reduce, reuse, and recycle, majority of the materials used by the IPI CSR team were recyclable materials. The CSR team was creative with the use of props and decorations.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the spooky tour, the haunted house also featured a bake sale ran by the man\u2019amko and a $1 photo booth ran by the CSR team held in the center\u2019s main hall. <\/p>\n<p>The Office on Aging was able to raise over $900 in combined entrance fees, bake sale and photo booth. The haunted house event was the first fundraiser for this year for the Office on Aging. All proceeds from this event will go to the Saipan Senior Advisory Council and be used to fund future trips for the man\u2019amko. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhen we came up with the idea, we weren\u2019t planning to have the whole facility turn into a haunted house because we knew it was going to be very challenging. With all the things that are going on, being able to partner with Imperial Pacific\u2019s CSR team made things a lot easier. It\u2019s not just easier, but it makes the whole event a lot better. It has surpassed our expectations,\u201d Office on Aging director Walter Manglona said. \u201cWhen I walked in, I immediately was speechless. I am very appreciative of all the work that the CSR team has put in to make this a success so we can fund the man\u2019amko\u2019s off-island trips.\u201d <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Sunshine International, Ltd.\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility transformed the Office on Aging into creepy haunted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":239289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4249,8034,13992,9661],"class_list":["post-239286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-style","tag-aging-office","tag-csr","tag-haunted-house","tag-imperial-pacific-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239286","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=239286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}