{"id":277791,"date":"2018-06-08T06:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=277791"},"modified":"2018-06-08T06:06:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:06:47","slug":"mcdonalds-donates-3k-for-historical-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-donates-3k-for-historical-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s donates $3K for historical preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A check for $3000 is donated by McDonald\u2019s Guam and Saipan to the NMI Museum yesterday at McDonald\u2019s Middle Road branch. (Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

McDonald\u2019s Saipan made its first donation for the preservation of the islands\u2019 rich history through a hefty donation to the CNMI\u2019s sole museum. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, McDonald\u2019s invited NMI Museum officials and employees to its branch on Middle Road and presented a check worth $3,000 to NMI Museum executive director Danny Aquino. <\/p>\n

According to McDonald\u2019s Middle Road general manager Joe Ayuyu Jr., McDonald\u2019s owes its success to the community. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the community that makes McDonald\u2019s successful so this is one of our ways to give back to the community. We want to take care of our customers and serve the community in the different ways we can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ayuyu hopes that McDonald\u2019s\u2019 donation to the preservation of the islands\u2019 history will prompt other companies to make the same move. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday we are very proud and we are very happy to donate to the museum. We encourage all other businesses to donate also to the museum to help them restore and maintain the facility\u2026I am very happy to hear that there are students visiting and we want to help preserve the culture of the CNMI and to promote it as a tourist attraction,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Aquino said that McDonald\u2019s is the first private company to donate monetarily to the restoration of the museum. <\/p>\n

\u201cMcDonald\u2019s is one of the first companies that has donated financially\u2026[and] we\u2019re very grateful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The donation will go to the completion of the ongoing renovation work at the museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to use it toward the continuous upgrades to the building\u2026there is still one more building outside that needs to be [renovated] and as well as our outdoor cultural center,\u201d said Aquino.<\/p>\n

Aquino hopes the donation will only be the first of many. He said the museum continues to push for more funding to enhance its facilities because it is for the future generation of the CNMI. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be reaching out to the business community to help the museum because the museum is underfunded\u2026We believe that is a generous investment for the children and every business that donates. They should take pride in the fact that they\u2019re investing in the future of the children of the CNMI,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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