Beautify CNMI!: Dandan Elementary School

Showing posts with label Dandan Elementary School. Show all posts

Sunday, April 15, 2007

War! War On Graffiti!

Front: Rep. Absalon Waki, Jr., DPS Commissioner Rebecca Warfield, Rep. Cinta Kaipat
Back: Dennis Cabrera, Daisie Camacho, Angelo Villagomez, Marites Castillo (FMI President), Kyle Kaipat

One of the projects that Beautify CNMI! indentified last year was tentatively called "War on Graffiti." We initially thought about gathering the kids and putting paint brushes in their hands and letting them paint over the graffiti. However, we thought that a better idea would be to get these kids to take ownership in these bus stops and buildings by inviting art teachers and local artists to submit mural designs to Beautify CNMI! so that we could get artists and kids to work on murals. This would be a better alternative to just painting over graffiti and, thus, creating a clean "canvas" for the graffiti monsters. Well, Beautify CNMI!'s cup runneth over, and we didn't get to this project in February.

But, this month (April), we gathered at DPS headquarters for a press conference to announce the launching of this program. You can read the MARIANAS VARIETY article here.

The following morning, Rep. Cinta Kaipat and Angelo Villagomez joined Principal Jonas Barcinas and the faculty and students of Dandan Elementary School to talk about the "War On Graffiti" Project. Dandan Elementary School was enthusiastic about getting started on the Project. Here are some pictures that were taken that day.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

March 22, 2007--Team Chura Talo Adopts Dandan Road--Pt. 1 of 6

Thursday, March 22, 2007, may have been a day off for many, but not for the Beautify CNMI! beauticians. Making their inaugural cleanup of their newly adopted road are the Kaipat, Cabrera, and Camacho families of Dandan, who call themselves "Team Chura Talo." Heading Team Chura Talo are Kyle Kaipat and Daisy Cabrera; Dennis Cabrera and Kayla Kaipat; Bud & Mary Kaipat; and Manning & Joyce Camacho. They are joined by various family members and relatives. They've adopted Dandan Road from the Adios/Welcome sign at lower Dandan to the San Vicente Rounhouse.

Rep. Cinta Kaipat and family, Angelo Villagomez of RC&D, MINA, and Beautify CNMI! and friend Deana Felix joined this newly formed and "newly infected group."

Incidentally, Angelo brought along a friend to the cleanup. Her name is Deana Felix; she is the sister of Diana Felix, who is a teacher at San Vicente School and a Beautify CNMI! beautician herself. Deana had only been on Saipan for three days before she got infected with the "beauty virus." Oh-Oh...Sorry, Deana, but once infected, you're incurable! :0

Here are some pictures of the cleaning crew.

March 22, 2007--Dandan Elementary School Co-Adopts Dandan Rd--Pt. 2 of 6

Principal Jonas Barcinas rallying the Dandan Troops before hitting the road to join Team Chura Talo and the Beautify CNMI! crew. Rep. Cinta Kaipat's Office made arrangements with Principal Barcinas to have Dandan Elementary School team up with other Beautify CNMI! volunteers at 9 a.m. to have the students, faculty, and staff participate in their first Beautify CNMI! community cleanup. That was executed beautifully, as shown by these pictures. Rep. Kaipat also spoke with Commissioner Rebecca Warfield about sending some police officers to ensure safety while the children were out beautifying Dandan Community. Four officers were on hand to ensure that everyone was safe. Thank you, Commissioner Warfield! Thank you also Rep. Ben Seman for joining us. We're glad you could join us!It's safe to say that Dandan Elementary School was also infected with the famous Beautify CNMI! "beauty virus." Look at the following pictures and you'll see why.