{"id":375620,"date":"2022-09-09T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=375620"},"modified":"2022-09-09T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T20:04:48","slug":"all-star-sporting-goods-donates-balls-for-jr-womens-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-star-sporting-goods-donates-balls-for-jr-womens-program\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Star Sporting Goods donates balls for jr. women\u2019s program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_375602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375602\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NMIBF-pixwb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/NMIBF-pixwb.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation president James Lee, left, receives one of the 12 basketball balls donated by All-Star Sporting Goods, represented by store manager Sidney Quan, last Tuesday in Garapan.(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Women\u2019s Junior National Program recently drew support from a business establishment that\u2019s been known for helping local community activities.<\/p>\n<p>All-Star Sporting Goods donated 12 basketballs to the program, which was launched early this year to put together a pool of U15 players where the NMIBF will select members of national teams competing in international and regional competitions. At this time, the program has girls and boys U15 players who are preparing to represent the NMI to the FIBA Under 15 Oceania Championships in Guam this November.<\/p>\n<p>NMIBF president James Lee received the dozen balls from All-Star Sporting Goods store manager Sidney Quan last Tuesday and welcomed the donation to supplement NMIBF\u2019s stock and help the federation in running the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we launched the junior national program, our goal was to recruit as many players as we can, especially female players, and provide them with enough equipment and amenities for their training sessions and other activities. We are thankful to the All-Star Sporting Goods for their donation, as this will assist us in our efforts to have continuity in our program,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Quan said All-Star Sporting Goods is happy to help local organizations, particularly those that provide programs for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur local community is always our No. 1 priority. We are happy to help our local athletes. We will take every opportunity we have to make a difference in our community,\u201d said Quan, whose company has also supported the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022. <em><strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation\u2019s Women\u2019s Junior National Program recently drew support from a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":375601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375620","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=375620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}