{"id":357375,"date":"2021-12-09T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=357375"},"modified":"2021-12-09T06:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:05:42","slug":"an-evening-with-ttt-celebrates-tasi-to-tables-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/an-evening-with-ttt-celebrates-tasi-to-tables-accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An Evening with TTT\u2019 celebrates Tasi to Table\u2019s accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tasi to Table president Gene Weaver gives his remarks during Tuesday night\u2019s \u201cAn Evening with TTT\u201d at Lao Lao Bay Golf & Resort\u2019s The Grill restaurant. (JOSHUA SANTOS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the inception of the Tasi to Table program, it has now grown beyond Gene Weaver\u2019s expectations. Schoolwide participation numbers have grown tremendously, said Weaver, who has been president of the organization for three years now.<\/p>\n

These, among other accomplishments, were highlighted during a dinner event called \u201cAn Evening with TTT\u201d last Tuesday at Lau Lau Bay Golf & Resort\u2019s The Grill restaurant that was attended by TTT\u2019s leadership team, board members, and some of its stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Weaver said that schoolwide participation numbers doubled compared to last year, with around 30 students on a waitlist to join TTT\u2019s next program cycle. He credited TTT\u2019s success and growth to students being at home and doing virtual classes and the CNMI community and people learning of TTT through word-of-mouth, and \u201cit escalated from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about TTT\u2019s upcoming plans to close the year and going into 2022, Weaver said the recent increase in positive cases of COVID-19, plus Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 Dec. 5 directive closing all non-essential government offices for two weeks, the Public School system transitioning to online classes from Dec. 6 to Dec. 23, and the COVID-19 pandemic in general are challenges for the organization\u2019s future events and activities.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Weaver said that TTT has \u201creshuffled\u201d its eight-month program to accommodate Torres\u2019 and PSS\u2019 recent directives. \u201cEverything is dependent on our situation; it regulates what we can do with the students. …We have to follow what PSS is implementing and their policies regarding [COVID-19],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Weaver added that he and TTT would love to say that they will go through with events and activities it had planned for TTT\u2019s student members and the community, but said the recent rise in cases and temporary restrictions will be a challenge.<\/p>\n

Also present at the dinner on Tuesday was TTT\u2019s recently-elected vice president Dan Wollak, who has been a TTT adviser at Marianas High School since TTT\u2019s first year.<\/p>\n

Wollak, who was elected to the vice president role around two weeks ago, said he looks forward to tapping his experience as a TTT adviser to give his perspective and bridge the gap between TTT\u2019s school and community efforts. Wollak is a physical education teacher at MHS, is involved with the \u201cSwim For Life CNMI\u201d program, and coaches boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 basketball and golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was talking with my wife and she knows how much I love this program, and she said, \u2018You know what? I support you if this is something you want to do, go for it.\u2019 \u2026I love what I’ve seen in the program. I love what it’s done for students and just for the community, so I decided that I wanted to not just be an adviser, but also see where I could help on the other end as an officer,\u201d said Wollak.<\/p>\n

Tasi to Table seeks to share with the youth the joys of fishing. TTT first began with a six-month program for the Da\u2019Ok Academy in summer 2019, and started an eight-month program for Saipan\u2019s high school students in 2020. TTT launched Tinian and Rota branches this summer, first testing out a four-month pilot program with hopes to begin an eight-month program on both islands next school year. Students who participate and complete TTT\u2019s programs earn elective credit hours that go toward high school graduation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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