{"id":341543,"date":"2021-04-05T06:05:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=341543"},"modified":"2021-04-05T06:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T20:05:26","slug":"over-300-attend-rotarys-first-ever-easter-egg-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/over-300-attend-rotarys-first-ever-easter-egg-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 attend Rotary\u2019s first-ever Easter Egg Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winners of the Rotary Club of Saipan\u2019s first-ever Easter Egg Event hold up their prize certificates after the event last Saturday at the Sugar King Park. (NHORLEEN LILLES)
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With over 2,000 eggs hidden in the nooks and crannies of the Sugar King Park in Garapan, that ensured that almost everyone who participated in the Easter Egg Event of the Rotary Club of Saipan last Saturday, April 3, went home with a prize.<\/p>\n

Rotarian Committee Service director Joann Aquino said around 300 people gathered for this event, which the Rotary Club of Saipan hosted for the first time ever. The event was divided into two segments: the Easter Egg Hunt, with participants divided into four groups (toddlers, preschool, elementary, and middle school) and the Easter Egg Decoration Contest which had high school student participants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of prizes to give out. We\u2019re really thankful for our donors who gave cash and in-kind snacks and their support. This was a good event for the first time. We hope to do this next year and to add on more activities and to get the adults more involved. We have some plans coming up,\u201d said Aquino.<\/p>\n

Besides the eggs, Aquino said they also had 300 goodie bags, and inside the eggs themselves had vouchers for goodie bags, prizes, or cash. <\/p>\n

The Rotary was supposed to hold this event last year but it got cancelled due to COVID-19, so Aquino is happy they were able to proceed this year. \u201cFamilies and kids, have been locked in for some time, so I hope that by providing this community event, this brought them out, gave them some fun and fresh air, and I hope they enjoyed the whole event and their prizes,\u201d Aquino said. <\/p>\n

She also added that everyone practiced the protocols, signed in for contact tracing, and all wore masks.<\/p>\n

Rotary Club Saipan president Sonya Dancoe said she hopes everybody enjoyed themselves. \u201cNext year we\u2019ll try and throw another one. The rain started falling by the last moments of the Easter egg hunt. It cooled it down a bit, but there weren\u2019t any complaints. \u2026Hope to see you all again next year,\u201d said Dancoe. <\/p>\n

Rep. Sheila Babauta (D-Saipan) participated with her family at the event. \u201cI\u2019m very happy that the Rotary hosted this event for the community on this beautiful Saturday morning. They did such an amazing job implementing the COVID-19 guidelines, and ensuring that the kids had so much fun, and that it was a safe event for the entire family. I was very happy to see a diverse group of people here too,\u201d said Babauta. \u201cOne of the kids with us found the bronze egg. Most of the prizes they won were school supplies, which I\u2019m very happy about too!\u201d<\/p>\n

Saipan Mayor David M. Apatang said he\u2019s happy that the Rotary Club Easter egg hunt was a success. \u201cThere was a lot of kids this morning participating, and I\u2019m sure they enjoyed themselves. It rained a little bit and dampened things, but the sun\u2019s back out and they continued to enjoy it. Coming out here and doing their run to find those eggs\u2014that\u2019s exercise also,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Savannah Relox Delos Santos, 2021 CNMI\u2019s Miss Marianas, attended as one of the Egg Decoration contest judges. \u201cI was really excited and proud of the community coming together for this event. I believe [an] event like this is really important to have, especially during these current times. It really boosts the spirit of the community, and it was nice to see everyone. That was really awesome because just judging in general, I realized how much talent our youth had. And it was really nice to see the artwork that they did on the eggs,\u201d Delos Santos said. <\/p>\n

Maria Lael Terlaje, 2020 CNMI\u2019s Miss Earth, also came as a judge for the art contest. \u201cIt was actually my very first time being a judge. Seeing everyone’s creativity with their own input on how they see the island [and] at the same time putting it into an Easter theme was awesome,\u201d said Terlaje.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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