{"id":3282,"date":"2012-01-31T05:23:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T05:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2012-01-31T05:23:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T05:23:33","slug":"five-companies-confirm-participation-in-pics-human-duck-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/five-companies-confirm-participation-in-pics-human-duck-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Five companies confirm participation in PIC&#8217;s human duck race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Clarissa David<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p>Five teams have confirmed their participation in the Race Around the River, Pacific Islands Club&#8217;s corporate human duck race challenge that is part of the 2012 Duck Race for Cancer slated for Feb 11.<\/p>\n<p>PIC activities manager Glenn Policare said yesterday that Island Apparel, Coca-Cola\/Foremost, The Law Offices of Robert Torres, Docomo Pacific, and Joeten Enterprises will be vying for a team-building night for 30 persons and two cases of drinks at PIC&#8217;s Laser Tag Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Race Around the River is part of PIC&#8217;s Duck Race for Cancer, an annual fundraising event in support of the Commonwealth Cancer Association&#8217;s efforts to fight cancer in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s event, which will feature the \u201cPIC Duck Queen,\u201d will have a twist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticipants will still don swim caps, life jackets and fins, but this year they will be swimming with a giant inflatable duck,\u201d Policare told Saipan Tribune. \u201cWe tried to even out the field and make it so anyone could win!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will be highlighted by the actual duck race, where plastic ducks will be released at PIC&#8217;s Lazy River in a race to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>The owners of the three fastest ducks will win $1,000 for first place, $300 in second, and $200 in third.<\/p>\n<p>Ducks will be available at the Garapan Street Market on Feb. 2 and 9 for only $5 each. Policare disclosed that they always try to \u201csell as many ducks\u201d as they can, with this year&#8217;s goal set at 2,012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come close to each year so I hope this is the year everyone helps out just a little. You don&#8217;t have to buy five or 10 ducks to win. Like I always say, it just takes one,\u201d said Policare.<\/p>\n<p>Policare, who lost his mother to cancer in 2001, urged the community to support the PIC event and CCA, which \u201chas many programs in place to support cancer awareness and prevention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to be spearheading this event and am calling on each and every person who reads this to chip in just a little. I know times are tough but they pale in comparison to those suffering from cancer. The cost of a duck is just $5. If we all bind together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish,\u201d added Policare.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 234-7976 or call activitiesmanager@picsaipan.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Clarissa David Reporter Five teams have confirmed their participation in the Race Around the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}