{"id":387881,"date":"2023-03-23T06:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=387881"},"modified":"2023-03-23T06:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T20:06:34","slug":"wsr-school-wins-1st-place-in-mcdonalds-race-to-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wsr-school-wins-1st-place-in-mcdonalds-race-to-raise\/","title":{"rendered":"WSR school wins 1st place in McDonald\u2019s Race to Raise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Representatives of the William S. Reyes Elementary School pose with McDonald\u2019s of Saipan executive Natalie Mable Ayuyu-Glenn, McDonald\u2019s Chalan Lau Lau general manager Joyce Asistores, and McDonald\u2019s 2022 Employee of the Year John Michael Navarro at the main restaurant yesterday after the school was named the winner of McDonald\u2019s \u201cRace to Raise\u201d campaign. WSR won $5,000. (CHRYSTAL MARINO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After collecting over 600 tickets under their name in a three-week span, the William S. Reyes Elementary School in Chalan Kanoa was named the first-place winner in McDonald\u2019s \u201cRace to Raise\u201d competition, giving the school the top prize of $5,000. McDonald\u2019s of Saipan presented the cash prize to school representatives yesterday morning at the restaurant\u2019s main location in Chalan Lau Lau.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Race to Raise\u2019 fundraiser, held as part of McDonald\u2019s of Saipan\u2019s 30th anniversary in the CNMI, was intended to show the restaurants\u2019 support for the CNMI Public School System, education, and all students. The campaign began on March 1, 2023, and continued until March 19, 2023. During that period, McDonald\u2019s patrons who purchased meals worth $15 and up were encouraged to drop their receipt in a dropbox designated for the school they wish to support. In the end, it was WSR Elementary School that received a total of 602 receipts, thus winning the first-place prize.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole WSR family and community is very excited and happy that we won,\u201d said WSR vice principal Jocelyn Manibusan after the announcement \u201cThe prize money that we won will go to our incentive programs for our students and our teachers. You know, to reward them for the successes that we have in school. For example, we have a reading initiative, we have the teacher’s appreciation that is coming up, so all of this will go back to the school for both teachers and students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manibusan also extended her thanks to the students\u2019 parents and to McDonald\u2019s of Saipan. \u201cWe would like to thank our parents. We really used social media, we used our PTSA meetings to encourage our parents to bring their children here and to\u2026buy stuff from McDonald’s. We also want to thank our parents that supported their students and made them perform during the anniversary celebration on Saturday. To the McDonald’s company, we thank them for this opportunity. It’s really great that they’re reaching out to the community, and getting the community involved and sponsoring activities like these. It encourages the school community to come together, most especially for\u2026extra funds, funds that can be used\u2026for student initiatives and for teacher prizes….\u201d<\/p>\n

Parent Teacher Student Association president Marlon Cabrera, who was also present, shared his gratitude as well. \u201cTo the management and team of McDonald\u2019s, thank you for having this \u2018Race to Raise.\u2019 For all the other schools that participated, I want to congratulate them too, most especially our parents and staff that came here every other day, or everyday to feed their family\u2014thank you, thank you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the campaign was not only fun, but was a great way to show support to one\u2019s school. \u201cAs the PTSA president, I try my best to do everything for the school to improve it, and this was a great opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Ayuyu Sr., vice president for McDonald’s of Guam and Saipan, said, \u201cMcDonald\u2019s of Saipan values integrity, community, and family, and we are passionate in the young generation to learn and develop important skills for their bright futures.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a way of further showing its support of schools, McDonald\u2019s announced that all other participating public elementary schools in the CNMI, including Tinian, and Rota, who did not win will still receive a participation prize of $500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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