{"id":365040,"date":"2022-03-28T06:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=365040"},"modified":"2022-03-28T06:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:05:59","slug":"lady-eagles-had-a-zumba-day-and-raised-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/lady-eagles-had-a-zumba-day-and-raised-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan Lady Eagles had a Zumba Day and raised funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some members of the Saipan Maga\u2019haga Eagles Club pose for a picture after the Zumba Fun Day last Saturday at the Garapan Roundhouse that was held as part of the celebration of International Women\u2019s Month. (Leigh Gases)<\/p>\n

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About 130 participants joined last Saturday\u2019s \u201cZumba Fun Day,\u201d a day of dance, sweat, and fun organized by the Saipan Maga\u2019haga Lady Eagles at the Garapan Roundhouse, in a fundraiser event that was open to the public with the hopes that it will promote a fitness lifestyle and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

Angelica Lastimado, who is president of the Saipan Maga\u2019haga Lady Eagles Club, said in a speech before the event that this was the club\u2019s first event and was also being held as part of the celebration of International Women\u2019s Month.<\/p>\n

She said the club\u2014an all-female organization that was chartered only this year\u2014decided on a small fundraiser that also celebrates \u201call women in every part of the world, in the CNMI, leaders of the organization, and especially ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s motto is \u201cservice through strong sisterhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lastimado said the funds raised last Saturday will be used \u201cas our community fund for our projects here in the CNMI and in the Philippines. We\u2019re going to extend our help also in the Philippines.\u201d Most of the club\u2019s members hail from the country.<\/p>\n

Many of Saturday\u2019s participants were members of the Saipan Fitbeat Lions Club, Saipan Unity Lions Club, Saipan Maga\u2019lahi Eagles Club, and friends and family of these organizations.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres also joined in the fun in his continued effort to \u201cget fit, slowly but surely, one day at a time.\u201d In a speech before the Zumba dancing began, te thanked the various organizations present for their commitment and all the things they\u2019ve done and continue to do.<\/p>\n

The organization hopes to host more events that will benefit the community. According to Lastimado, the Eagles Club is looking into collaborating with Miss Northern Marianas for the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Awareness Month next month, in support of women\u2019s organizations in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

Zin Abby Whang and Zin Shellan Sarmiento were some of the Zumba instructors that led the Zumba dancing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some members of the Saipan Maga\u2019haga Eagles Club pose for a picture after the Zumba…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":365135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21248],"class_list":["post-365040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-lady-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365040","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}