{"id":327744,"date":"2020-08-07T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=327744"},"modified":"2020-08-07T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T20:00:48","slug":"mobil-gives-5k-to-sfa-for-annual-fishing-derby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mobil-gives-5k-to-sfa-for-annual-fishing-derby\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobil gives $5K to SFA for annual fishing derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327751\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mobil-donation-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mobil Oil donates $5,000 to the Saipan Fisherman\u2019s Association for the 36th Annual International Fishing Derby. (Krizel Tuazon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mobil Oil Marianas Islands, Inc. doubled up its donation to the Saipan Fisherman\u2019s Association with a $5,000 check last Aug. 4, on top of the $2,500 it gave the association last Jan 13, with the money going to the SFA\u2019s 36th Annual Saipan Fishing Derby that was held last July 26.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cMobil is again pleased to be a sponsor of the 36th Annual Saipan Fishing Derby and would like to commend the Saipan Fisherman\u2019s Association for its efforts in organizing this one-day derby and for the 58 boats that safely participated, as it was a nice to have a fun event for the community in this time of COVID-19,\u201d said Anthony Wenceslao, Mobil\u2019s area manager.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wayne Pangelinan, SFA spokesperson, SFA\u2019s annual tournament also got donations from the Coral Reef Marine Center Guam, Marpac (with the 16-foot Mercury Marine boat that was up for raffle and other prizes), IT&amp;E, Roil Soil Clothing, 4Ever CNMI,  and Saipan Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods. All prizes were valued at over $30,000 in total, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach year, Mobil Oil Marianas is a major sponsor for the Saipan International Fishing Tournament. For many years they continue to support SFA\u2019s tournament and have become one of the prominent sponsors throughout the years,\u201d said Pangelinan.<\/p>\n<p>Last Jan. 13, Mobil donated $2,500 to the non-profit organization for their first wahoo tournament that was organized by the students under the mentorship of SFA, called \u201cTasi to Table.\u201d SFA will also be having a raffle on Dec. 12 at 3pm at the Saipan Smiling Cove Marina. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Wenceslao stated that Mobil is also giving away $750 to the Saipan Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament as an Over Easy Sponsor for hole No. 13 in its efforts to raise funds for the SCC Scholarship Program. <\/p>\n<p>Other Mobil donations are $2,500 to the American Red Cross-NMI Chapter and 218 bags of rice and 2,534 bottles of water, valued at $5,284, to the Empty Vessel Ministry to be added to their care packages to community members in dire need of food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe care about the community, and we strive to make a positive contribution to support and strengthen our local communities,\u201d said Wenceslao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobil Oil Marianas Islands, Inc. doubled up its donation to the Saipan Fisherman\u2019s Association with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":327751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[533],"class_list":["post-327744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-sfa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327744","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}