{"id":319306,"date":"2020-03-17T06:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T20:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=319306"},"modified":"2020-03-17T06:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T20:01:55","slug":"marpac-donates-3k-in-cash-beverages-and-in-kind-donations-to-nmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/marpac-donates-3k-in-cash-beverages-and-in-kind-donations-to-nmc\/","title":{"rendered":"MARPAC donates $3K in cash, beverages, and in-kind donations to NMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319307\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MARPAC-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-319307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MARPAC-pix-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marianas Pacific Distributors donated $3,000 in cash, beverages, and in-kind donations to the Northern Marianas College Foundation. The donation will be used for the NMC Foundation&#8217;s upcoming golf tournament on Saturday, March 21, 2020. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Continuing its efforts to support higher education in the Marianas, Marianas Pacific Distributors recently donated $3,000 in cash and beverages to Northern Marianas College for its upcoming golf tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The 16th Annual NMC Foundation Open Golf Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020, will be the first major golf tournament of the year. Proceeds from this year\u2019s tournament will go to helping the College recover from Super Typhoon Yutu, which destroyed 85% of NMC\u2019s facilities and classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to be able to support Northern Marianas College and its efforts to support higher education,\u201d said Guy Pudney, resident manager of MARPAC. \u201cI encourage other companies to support the College as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving MARPAC as a sponsor has always boosted the excitement of the event,\u201d said Frankie Eliptico, NMC interim president. \u201cWe are grateful for the company\u2019s continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 16th Annual NMC Foundation Open Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Saipan LaoLao Bay Golf &amp; Resort (east course). Showtime is at 6am, and the shotgun start will be at 7am. The tournament will follow a medal play format.<\/p>\n<p>First place winners in the men\u2019s championship, A, B, C, senior, and ladies flights will each receive $500, while $300 and $200 will go to the second and third place finishers, respectively. Hole-in-one prizes include a 2020 Kia Soul from Joeten Motors, and two $5,000 hole-in-one prizes from McDonald\u2019s and Pacifica Insurance. The tournament will also feature many other items such as raffle prizes like airline tickets, meal gift certificates, gym memberships, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Registration and payment can be made at Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort or the NMC cashier\u2019s office. For sponsorship opportunities or registration information, visit marianas.edu or call 237-6833. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing its efforts to support higher education in the Marianas, Marianas Pacific Distributors recently donated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[245,69],"class_list":["post-319306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-marpac","tag-nmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319306","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=319306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}