{"id":282951,"date":"2018-08-24T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=282951"},"modified":"2018-08-24T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:06:52","slug":"dfs-saipan-signs-on-as-sponsor-of-green-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dfs-saipan-signs-on-as-sponsor-of-green-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"DFS Saipan signs on as sponsor of Green Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-283061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DFS-Sponsorship-pix-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DFS Saipan Limited became the latest title sponsor for the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance\u2019s Green Gala, set for Sept. 14, 2018, at the Hibiscus Hall of the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>The funds raised at the gala will support the many programs that MINA conducts throughout the year, such as their outreach programs that educate children and the community about the importance of a healthy coral reef and the serious effects that littering has on the islands\u2019 limited natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Marian Aldan-Pierce, division president of DFS Saipan Limited, stated that \u201cDFS is proud to be a sponsor of MINA, the only organization we have, whose sole function is to protect our environment.\u00a0As corporate citizens, it is our duty to support entities like MINA to ensure that future generations can enjoy our natural resources as we do today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean Frink, a board member for MINA, thanked DFS Saipan for their annual sponsorship of MINA\u2019s fundraising efforts: \u201cIt is this recognition by DFS Saipan of MINA\u2019s efforts to continue to spread the word out that our natural resources are all we have, and we need to do everything to protect them for those who will come after us. Our Tasi Watch rangers are out there every day, doing just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Gala are on sale now, and going fast, so guests are encouraged to purchase theirs early. Call MINA at 233-7333 for more information. (MINA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DFS Saipan Limited became the latest title sponsor for the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance\u2019s Green&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":282954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9576,554,190,7376],"class_list":["post-282951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-milan-rabold","tag-mina","tag-natural","tag-sean-frink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282951","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=282951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}