The Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands donated $1,000 to the Office on Aging in place of the annual Thanksgiving lunch. <\/p>\n
During the Man\u2019amko Valentine\u2019s program last Wednesday, HANMI chair Gloria Cavanagh and vice chair Nick Nishikawa announced the association\u2019s monetary donation that would fund the man\u2019amko\u2019s upcoming activities. <\/p>\n
Usually, the association shows its appreciation for the elderly by hosting a Thanksgiving or Christmas luncheon but since there were so many different agencies and groups hosting luncheons throughout the month of November and December, the association decided to just make a donation. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year, we just do a donation to the Aging Center and to the man\u2019amko. It used to be that we would feed the group on Thanksgiving or Christmas time but everyone was feeding the group so we thought it would mean more if we just gave them money,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Cavanagh said a monetary donation was a better choice. That way, the man\u2019amko can choose what they want to use the money on, like their upcoming trip to Rota in May. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat way they can go ahead and use the money as they deem necessary, and it looks like they are trying to raise money to go to Rota,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Nishikawa said that it is always a great experience to give back to the man\u2019amko. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time I come here, which is every year, I always gain energy from them (the man\u2019amko),\u201d said Nishikawa. <\/p>\n
Office on Aging director Walter Manglona said that he and all the man\u2019amko are appreciative of HANMI\u2019s generosity. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe kind of good deeds that they do, we don\u2019t forget that. They\u2019re basically embedded in our clients\u2019 hearts\u2026that HANMI is thinking about them every year,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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