{"id":388594,"date":"2023-04-03T06:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T20:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=388594"},"modified":"2023-04-03T06:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T20:06:40","slug":"kages-wins-2nd-place-in-mcdonalds-race-to-raise-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/kages-wins-2nd-place-in-mcdonalds-race-to-raise-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"KagES wins 2nd place in McDonald\u2019s \u2018Race to Raise\u2019 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_388596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-388596\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Race-to-Raise-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-388596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Race-to-Raise-pix-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-388596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After being awarded second place prize of $3,000 in the Race to Raise campaign, Trina Lyn Santos,\u00a0representing Kagman Elementary School, poses with McDonald&#8217;s os Saipan executive Natalie Mable Ayuyu-Glenn, McDonald&#8217;s main branch general manager Joyce Asistores, and McDonald&#8217;s 2022 Employee of the Year John Michael Navarro at the Chalan Lau Lau\u00a0branch last week Wednesday. (CHRYSTAL MARINO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Collecting 240 tickets to their name in a three-week span, the Kagman Elementary School was announced the second-place winner in McDonald\u2019s \u201cRace to Raise\u201d competition, which sought to raised funds for the school. McDonald\u2019s of Saipan presented the $3,000 prize to the school\u2019s representative last Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at the restaurant\u2019s main location in Chalan Kiya, but officially released the news to the public yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRace to Raise\u201d fundraiser, held during McDonald\u2019s 30th anniversary on the island, was an endeavor 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, patrons of McDonald\u2019s who had purchased meals worth $15 and up were encouraged to drop their receipt in a drop box designated for the school they wish to support. KES took the second-place prize of $3,000, behind first place winner, William S. Reyes Elementary School, which received a total of 602 receipts, thus winning the first place prize of $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>KagES principal Dr. Ignacia J Demapan extends her heartfelt thanks to McDonald\u2019s for its support of education. \u201cBiba, bib,a biba, McDonald\u2019s on your 30th anniversary! Si yu\u2019us ma\u2019asi yan tirow for the \u2018Race to Raise\u2019 campaign opportunity. Kagman Elementary School appreciates their winning of second place in the event. Thank you for your outreach programs that help our school communities thrive in their needs for student success.\u201d Demapan wished continued success to McDonald\u2019s and its restaurant business in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>\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 said McDonald\u2019s of Guam and Saipan president Joe Ayuyu Sr.<\/p>\n<p>As a way of showing further support of schools, McDonald\u2019s will be giving all other participating public elementary schools in the CNMI, including Tinian and Rota, that did not win, a participation prize of $500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collecting 240 tickets to their name in a three-week span, the Kagman Elementary School was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":388596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388594","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}