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Tanapag, Salvation Army receive helping hands
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- Volunteers and staff of the Salvation Army in San Antonio are joined on Aug. 26, 2015, by GM Abner Acosta and staff and management of Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan, which donated food and drinks to the soup kitchen as part of typhoon recovery assistance. (Contributed Photo)
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- Mariana Resort & Spa GM Gloria Cavanagh, third from right, leads volunteers of Talabwoog Stars, Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance, the elected leadership of Precinct 4, and staff of the resort in collecting debris from Tanapag households and roadsides on Aug. 28, 2015. (Contributed Photo)
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- Heavy equipment and operators assigned by Mariana Resort & Spa help collect debris from Tanapag households and roadsides on Aug. 28, 2015. (Contributed Photo)
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- Volunteers from Talabwoog Stars help prepare 1,000 meals at Tanapag Beach for residents on Aug. 28, 2015. Pictured from left at Frankie Lifoifoi, James Phillips, Mak Siten, and Joseph Lifoifoi. The meals were donated by Mariana Resort & Spa. (Contributed Photo)
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- Residents enjoy barbecue lunch served by Mariana Resort & Spa in Tanapag on Aug. 28, 2015, as part of the typhoon relief efforts and to thank volunteers who assisted with village cleanup that day. Serving from left are Albert Pajarillaga, Yuichi Kobayashi, Babes Santos, and Charlene Babauta. (Contributed Photo)
The village of Tanapag and the Salvation Army received helping hands last week with contributions of personnel, heavy equipment, and food from hotels and their community partners.
Typhoon debris in Tanapag was collected from households and roadsides on Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29, by volunteers from Mariana Resort & Spa, Talabwoog Stars, Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance, and the elected leadership of Precinct 4. Mariana Resort also detailed its bulldozer and dump truck toward the effort, which compiled the debris in a centralized location in the village for easy removal.
“MINA is happy to be a part of the community cleanup. After Typhoon Soudelor, we spent several days cleaning up at Tanapag Beach Park and Tanapag Middle School, but there was still much to be done around the village,” said MINA interim executive director Brooke Nevitt. “Through the hard work and commitment of all involved, Tanapag is a cleaner, healthier, and safer community for everyone.”
Following Saturday’s cleanup, volunteers from Talabwoog Stars and staff from Mariana Resort barbecued food donated by Mariana Resort and served 1,000 meals at Tanapag beach for village residents and volunteers.
The Salvation Army, which continues to serve hot meals in San Antonio to the needy, was aided on Wednesday, Aug. 26, by Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan. In addition to donating food and drinks for the third week in a row, Fiesta general manager Abner Acosta and hotel staff and management lent helping hands to pack meals for distribution.
“The Fiesta team agreed it was a very rewarding experience to be a part of giving back to the community of Saipan,” said Elena Soll, Fiesta Resort public and employees relations manager.
Acosta said that Fiesta Resort will continue its weekly contributions to the soup kitchen. (HANMI)
