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E-Land shows some loving for CNMI’s front-liners
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, on behalf of COVID-19 front-liners, receives 130 care packages from Micronesia Resort Inc. chief executive officer Brian Shin, yesterday, at the Commonwealth Health Center in Garapan. (IVA MAURIN)
Much-deserved appreciation is going to the CNMI’s front-liners, with E-Land Group and its local holding company, Micronesia Resort Inc., donating 130 “thank you” packages for medical staff and first responders who are working to make sure the coronavirus is contained, and stopped, on the islands.
Each package contains a massager, health supplements, snacks, and a card. Micronesia Resort Inc. chief executive officer Brian Shin said that the donation is an expression of gratitude to health workers.
“This is the time that we need to pull together,” Shin said. “There are people that we need to remember. They’re putting their lives in front of, for the community. These are the first responders and medical staff.”
Shin hopes that the packages could help cheer the front-liners. “Hopefully they can have a smile on their face, at least for a few minutes, and then hopefully, I’m sure they do know, but people on our islands and their families recognize that what they’re doing for the community is a good thing, and then they should feel proud of what they’re doing.”
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, who received the donation with COVID-19 Task Force head Warren Villagomez and Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. CEO Esther Muña, thanked the company for their donation.
“This appreciation is for nurses and doctors, and I say thank you and definitely every contribution, every donation, every good deed is greatly appreciated,” Torres said.
Last week, the company also donated 445 aid packages and grocery items to the CNMI government, for distribution to families in need. Pacific Islands Club Saipan, one of E-Land’s hotels, is also being used as a quarantine facility.
