\n\t\t\t\tC. Sablan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMore than 150 volunteers and over a dozen community organizations turned out on March 16 for the precinct\u2019s first \u201cBeautify Our Villages\u201d project, which was hosted by the two representatives. In just two hours, volunteers removed 2,660 lbs of trash and typhoon debris from the precinct\u2019s coastal and residential areas. <\/p>\n
\u201cRep. John Paul and I are deeply grateful for the community\u2019s support in this first cleanup,\u201d Christina Sablan said. \u201cIt was inspiring to see such a diverse group of people come together for a good cause.\u201d<\/p>\n
The participating organizations included the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, Marianas Visitors Authority, Department of Public Safety, Office of Rep. Ed Propst (Ind.-Saipan), Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Commonwealth Health Care Corporation, WSR Elementary School and their MyWave Club, Hopwood Middle School and their environmental club, Marianas High School, Mt. Carmel School, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance, Saipan Chamber of Commerce, NMI Rollers Association, Ol\u2019Aces, Marianas Basketball Association, Miss Earth Northern Marianas, Beyond Limits 670, and Let\u2019s Go Tour Company. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all the awesome volunteers, government agencies, groups and organizations who joined our village and beach cleanup on March 16th,\u201d J.P. Paul Sablan said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are more cleanup events that we are planning in the near future and we will continue to solicit your help and support. Thank you!\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
The Precinct 2 representatives are now collaborating on next month\u2019s project. April is Environment Month, and planning is underway for community tree plantings and another village cleanup the week of Earth Day, April 22. <\/p>\n
For more information or to sign up for volunteer opportunities in the precinct, contact the Office of Rep. Christina Sablan at 664-8829 or rep.sablanc@cnmileg.gov.mp or the Office of Rep. John Paul Sablan at 664-8965 or rep.sablanj@cnmileg.gov.mp. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Precinct 2 Reps. Christina Sablan (Ind-Saipan) and John Paul Sablan (R-Saipan) expressed their appreciation to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":296389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296388","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=296388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}