{"id":309484,"date":"2019-10-07T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=309484"},"modified":"2019-10-07T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T20:00:50","slug":"more-than-600-join-hafa-adai-5k-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/more-than-600-join-hafa-adai-5k-run\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 600 join Hafa Adai 5K Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-309484 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/more-than-600-join-hafa-adai-5k-run\/picpix1-3\/'>picpix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-309485'>\n\t\t\t\tRunners head out to the course during last Saturday\u2019s The 6th Annual Hafa Adai 5K Fun Run. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/more-than-600-join-hafa-adai-5k-run\/picpix2-3\/'>picpix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-309486'>\n\t\t\t\tStudent volunteers pose for a photo white waiting for runners to pass by San Antonio. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The 6th Annual Hafa Adai 5K Fun Run hosted by Pacific Islands Club-Saipan drew over 600 individuals last Saturday and raised funds for Empty Vessel Ministry Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dennis Tababa, director of PIC Saipan\u2019s Sports, Entertainment, and Activity department, despite the postponement of the event back in August, this year\u2019s run was a successful one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith over 600 participants on this 6th installment of the HA5K, PIC thanks the community for their continued support and dedication,\u201d Tababa said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that this year\u2019s proceeds, which have yet to be finalized by the event\u2019s executive committee, will help Empty Vessel Ministry in their continued outreach programs around the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank the sponsors once more for their continued support in making the 6th Annual HA5K a successful one,\u201d Tababa said.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors of the event include Kensington Hotel Saipan, E-Land Group of Companies, Coral Ocean Golf Resort, Gatorade, Monster, Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan, Bridge Capital, Pepsi, Koanoa Resort Saipan, Pacific Trading Company, LTD., and Five Star Wholesale Foods.<\/p>\n<p>According to Empty Vessel Ministry Foundation founding director, Rose Smith, every year PIC chooses a different organization to benefit from the HA5K and they are honored, humbled, and excited to be the beneficiary this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored, humbled, and excited that PIC chose us this year. PIC has been a great supporter of Empty Vessel for many years. Whenever we need any help, PIC has been able to reach out to us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Through the help of the 5K fun run proceeds, Smith said the foundation will be able to continue helping typhoon victims and families that are in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the families in need, we provide food, clothing, and basic items that a family will need\u2014school supplies for children from families who really need help. There are single mothers out there with a lot of children and they cannot afford supplies so we are there to help out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith encourages families who are in need and are still struggling following the onslaught of Yutu back in 2018 to come to the foundation as their doors are always open and volunteers are ready and willing to help in any way they can.<\/p>\n<p>Smith also rallies the community to continue supporting the HA5K, as it\u2019s through events like these that the foundation is able to help people in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask the community to continue to support this event annually because it\u2019s for a good cause and organizations depend on individuals to support us and businesses to come along side. So for PIC to continue to organize events like these, we need the support of the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 6th Annual Hafa Adai 5K Fun Run hosted by Pacific Islands Club-Saipan drew over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":308649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[775],"class_list":["post-309484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-hafa-adai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309484","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=309484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}