{"id":31404,"date":"2014-04-03T12:02:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T04:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribune.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=31404"},"modified":"2014-04-03T12:02:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T04:02:32","slug":"cancer-survivors-invited-mmac-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cancer-survivors-invited-mmac-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer survivors invited to MMAC dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">The 2014 Marianas March Against Cancer Committee is inviting all cancer survivors and those undergoing cancer treatment to its \u201cAnnual Survivor Dinner\u201d on May 2 at the Hopwood Junior High School field in Chalan Piao.<\/span><br \/>\nThe dinner is held in honor of the MMAC event and will begin at 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a way of showing our support and respect to all our loved ones who have been directly affected by cancer, the MMAC Committee, together with our generous sponsors, will be hosting a survivor dinner,\u201d said 2014 MMAC Committee chair Manny Borja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach survivor will be treated to a complimentary dinner buffet and will be awarded a unique medallion and T-shirt commemorating their fight against cancer. This is a very important part of the MMAC. Every one of us knows someone who has been affected by cancer and the survivor dinner and ceremony is our chance to celebrate their perseverance and strength,\u201d Borja added.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 MMAC will be held from 6pm to 6am on May 2 to 3 at Hopwood Junior High School field in Chalan Piao.<\/p>\n<p>MMAC\u2019s title sponsors are Bank of Guam, Delta Air Lines, DFS Saipan, Ltd., GPPC, Island Apparel, IT &amp;E, Joeten Daidai Foundation, Marianas Variety, Sorensen Media Group, and Take Care\/FHP.<\/p>\n<p>MMAC\u2019s major sponsors are Brabu Pharmacy, Docomo Pacific, First Hawaiian Bank, IP&amp;E, McDonald\u2019s of Saipan, Precision Medical Imaging, Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office, Traders Insurance Co., and Xerox Corp.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the survivor dinner or for more information, contact MMAC survivor committee chair Nora Sablan at 285-5124 or email norasablan@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the MMAC event, call 989-1987 or email emanuel_borja@gmail.com or visit the website at www.ccamarianas.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2014 Marianas March Against Cancer Committee is inviting all cancer survivors and those undergoing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[453,46,51,322],"class_list":["post-31404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-brabu-pharmacy","tag-ceremony","tag-guam","tag-mmac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31404","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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}