{"id":343621,"date":"2021-05-06T06:06:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=343621"},"modified":"2021-05-06T06:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:06:13","slug":"mcdonalds-renews-all-schools-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcdonalds-renews-all-schools-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s renews All Schools commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the left, Northern Marianas Athletics secretary general Robin Sapong, PSS Athletic Program director Nick Gross, McDonald\u2019s Saipan and Guam owner Marcia Ayuyu, and NMA president Ramon Tebuteb pose for a photo after McDonald\u2019s Saipan and Guam donated $3,000 to the\u00a02021 Public School System All Schools Track and Field Championship coming up this weekend.\u00a0(Kimblery B. Esmores)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the 2021 Public School System All Schools Track and Field Championship coming up this weekend, McDonald\u2019s Saipan and Guam has donated $3,000 to show their commitment to its partnership with PSS and Northern Marianas Athletics. <\/p>\n

According to McDonald\u2019s owner\/operator Marcia Ayuyu, McDonald\u2019s tirelessly supports the annual track and field championship for the children of the CNMI as a labor of love. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to this. Our McDonald\u2019s family is always here and ready to do this for our children. For more than 20 years, we\u2019re very happy to still be here to support our children. What we\u2019re doing is really just out of our hearts. This is really for the children of the CNMI,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Ayuyu said McDonald\u2019s looks forward to continuously support events that promote active living amongst the youth like track and field. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to promote an active lifestyle because these days, most children want to stay home and play games so this is one way to promote going out and getting active,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Despite the notion that McDonald\u2019s contributes to obesity in children, Ayuyu said it\u2019s not true in the CNMI because the main purpose McDonald\u2019s donates to events like track and field is to encourage children to live a healthy and active lifestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcDonald\u2019s believes that it\u2019s not just about what you eat, because whatever you eat, you can work it out. We\u2019re happy to see so many kids come out and join compared to when we started this years ago with just a few a children. Now we have hundreds of children coming out to participate,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Nick Gross, PSS Athletic Program director, said the partnership with McDonald\u2019s is an over 20-year partnership and it ensures that PSS is able to pursue the event annually. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just really excited to be able to continue the tradition of PSS McDonald\u2019s All Schools Championships and having a partner like McDonald\u2019s ensures that we can do it year after year and allows us to show some growth and continue to find the fastest runner, the longest jumper, and the furthest throwers in the CNMI year after year,\u201d he said <\/p>\n

The funds, Gross said, will cover costs for the event like water, medals, trophies, and food for 20-40 volunteers<\/p>\n

Northern Marianas Athletics president Ramon Tebuteb said NMA is thankful for the continuous support they received from McDonald\u2019s for the past 21 years of All Schools Track and Field. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn behalf of NMA, we want to express our gratitude and thanks to McDonalds and PSS for partnering [with us] for a long time, it\u2019s been more than 20 years. We wouldn\u2019t be able to do this without the combined efforts of these sponsors and volunteers that come out,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Tebuteb explained that the McDonald\u2019s donation allows the event to recruit the officials needed to smoothly run an event like track because there\u2019s so many things going on at once. <\/p>\n

In terms of officiating aspects of track and field, because it happens simultaneously, we need quite a few hands to take care of the officials. For track and field, you need quite a lot of officials,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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