{"id":278235,"date":"2018-06-15T06:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T20:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=278235"},"modified":"2018-06-15T06:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T20:06:42","slug":"mcdonalds-donates-5k-to-nmti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-donates-5k-to-nmti\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s donates $5K to NMTI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_278238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278238\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/McDonald\u2019s-pix-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/McDonald\u2019s-pix-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-278238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McDonald\u2019s donates $5,000 to the Northern Marianas Trades Institute.\u00a0(Kimberly A. Bautista)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Northern Marianas Trades Institute has received a large sum from one of its supporters, McDonald\u2019s Guam and Saipan, known as an advocate of education.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s Guam and Saipan donated $5,000 to NMTI last Wednesday in support of its growing programs. <\/p>\n<p>According to NMTI president Agnes McPhetres, NMTI is always grateful for companies like McDonald\u2019s, who see the need for the islands\u2019 sole trades institution. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very appreciative because, without the collaboration with the private sector, NMTI wouldn\u2019t be able to move that much,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>McPhetres said the donation will be used to purchase materials that NMTI needs to keep its programs running, and in preparation of the NMTI Gala this June. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything we get from McDonald\u2019s, we will use to purchase equipment and tools because we don\u2019t have enough money for that\u2026this is also for the gala,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>The gala is set for June 22 and will be held at the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan. McPhetres hopes the gala will net $30,000 or more that will go to purchasing tools and equipment for the trades programs. <\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s Middle Road general manager Joe Ayuyu Jr. said that he and his family hold the NMTI near and dear to their hearts because they support the institution\u2019s mission to train CNMI residents for positions that the CNMI needs to fill. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur family is a firm believer in education\u2026in NMTI. \u2026This won\u2019t be the last time. \u2026The whole CNMI sees the need for NMTI and what the school offers. These are very practical jobs that I think our people really need to take advantage of and these are skills our economy truly needs,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Ayuyu himself is an NMTI electrical program student because he believes that, as general manager, it is important to know the internal and external functions of the company he runs. <\/p>\n<p>As a student in NMTI, he said that he has seen the need of NMTI for funding. Ayuyu assured that McDonald\u2019s will continue to support NMTI. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Marianas Trades Institute has received a large sum from one of its supporters,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":278238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,37,51,479],"class_list":["post-278235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-education-2","tag-guam","tag-nmti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278235","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}