{"id":368371,"date":"2022-05-13T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=368371"},"modified":"2022-05-13T06:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:00:35","slug":"catering-company-donates-to-pacific-mini-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/catering-company-donates-to-pacific-mini-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Catering company donates to Pacific Mini Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_368367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368367\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mini-Games-pixweb.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pacific Mini Games Organizing Committee chair Marco Peter joins Kalayaan Catering Inc. officials and employees for a group photo after the catering company signed on as a sportsmanship sponsor of the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 set from June 17 to 25 this year. (CHRYSTAL MARINO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A catering company in the CNMI has committed to provide food worth $2,500 for athletes and teams participating in the triathlon and beach volleyball events of the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 that will be held respectively on Rota and Tinian.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the Pacific Mini Games organizing committee recognized their partnership with Kalayaan Catering Inc. during a short ceremony at the catering company\u2019s main office last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This commitment makes the catering company one of the Mini Games\u2019 six \u201csportsmanship sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the hosts, we are responsible for feeding our athletes and team officials\u2026and also [preparing] accommodation, transportation, so you guys [Kalayaan] are also making this successful as you are part of it, donating a piece of the meal that we\u2019ll be serving on Rota and Tinian, so [thank you],\u201d said Pacific Mini Games Organizing Committee CEO Vicente \u201cBen\u201d Babauta.<\/p>\n<p>Kalayaan president Eleanor Alinas also expressed her gratitude. \u201cWe are really grateful for this opportunity. It is a first-time event and we are so happy to be a part of [CNMI] history. It really is a pleasure and an honor for us&#8230;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Triathlon will be held on Rota where three races will be held\u2014 sprint distance and mixed team relay on Day 1 and aquathlon on Day 2. Beach volleyball, meanwhile, will have its consolation matches on Tinian. <strong>(Chrystal Marino)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A catering company in the CNMI has committed to provide food worth $2,500 for athletes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":368366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2820],"class_list":["post-368371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pacific-mini-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368371","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}