{"id":252090,"date":"2017-05-11T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=252090"},"modified":"2017-05-11T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T20:06:15","slug":"hyatt-golf-classic-beneficiaries-receive-60k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyatt-golf-classic-beneficiaries-receive-60k\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyatt golf classic beneficiaries receive $60K"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s 21st Annual Charity Golf Classic raised $60,000 that went to six groups. The checks were presented yesterday at Hyatt\u2019s Giovanni\u2019s Restaurant. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s 21st Annual Charity Golf Classic raised $60,000 that went to six groups. The checks were presented yesterday at Hyatt\u2019s Giovanni\u2019s Restaurant.<\/p>\n

For the past 20 years, Hyatt has hosted the annual golf classic in order to raise funds that will be donated to its primary beneficiary, the Make-a-Wish Foundation and another beneficiary of their choice. This year, Hyatt chose six beneficiaries, including their primary beneficiary.<\/p>\n

According to Hyatt Marketing and Communications manager Maria Valentina Haberman in an earlier interview, for the few remaining years of Hyatt\u2019s lease, it will push to help the community even more, starting with benefitting more organizations.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s golf classic raised $60,000, which is $10,000 more than was raised last year.<\/p>\n

Of that amount, $15,000 went to Hyatt\u2019s primary beneficiary and $9,000 was allotted for each of the other five beneficiaries. Only five beneficiaries were present for the awarding of the checks. The last beneficiary will be awarded at a separate time.<\/p>\n

As Hyatt\u2019s primary beneficiary for 20 years, Make-a-Wish Foundation received $15,000.<\/p>\n

According to board member Kanae Quinn, the donation will go straight to funding the wishes that the foundation receives. Most of the wishes require a lot of financial support.<\/p>\n

One of the beneficiaries chosen this year was the Northern Marianas Humanities Council. According to Haberman, the hotel chose to sponsor the organization\u2019s cause because it protects the indigenous culture of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n

Council vice chair Brady Hammond said the donation will be used to carry out the council\u2019s ongoing programs like junior mock trial, poetry competitions, humanities film festivals, and many more.<\/p>\n

Another beneficiary, the Empty Vessel Ministry Foundation, will use a portion of the donation to fund the organization\u2019s first summer program. According organization chair Rose Smith, the foundation aims to assist vulnerable widows and children.<\/p>\n

According to Marianas Behavioral Health International office manager Doreen Kintol, the donation will fund the organization\u2019s upcoming projects.<\/p>\n

Another beneficiary, Karidat Social Services, will use the donation to fund the programs that Karidat offers and will also fund supplies needed to help the homeless in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s 21st Annual Charity Golf Classic raised $60,000 that went to six groups….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":252091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9496,16750,7790,6517],"class_list":["post-252090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-brady-hammond","tag-doreen-kintol","tag-kanae-quinn","tag-maria-valentina-haberman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252090","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}