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Shimabukuru plants flame tree at resort
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Posted on Mar 29 2008
To commemorate Beautify CNMI’s two-year anniversary, celebrity tree planter and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro planted a flame tree sapling at the Saipan World Resort on Thursday.
Beautify CNMI! Volunteer Angelo Villagomez said that “like all things Beautify CNMI!, we had a lot of help from many different people planting this tree.”
Brad Doerr, volunteer and tree grower extraordinaire, provided the group with a tree and fertilizer. Ken Kramer brought shovels from the RC&D, the Saipan World Resort GM and staff provided water and other coordination, while an army of people took pictures.
Shimabukuro was on the island to hold a grand ukulele concert at the Saipan World Resort Thursday evening. The concert was a charity event to help raise funds for the Hotel Association of Northern Mariana Islands and Beautify CNMI—both non-profit organizations.
Shimabukuro is recognized in Hawaii as an outstanding musician and role model. He has been named Hawaii’s goodwill ambassador to Japan, and received the “Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation” for being an active voice in U.S.-Japan relations at the grassroots level.
