DEQ Island Wide Cleanup April 16, 2011 - CTSI

Date: April 16, 2011   
Group: CTSI Logistics  
No of volunteers: 30  
Bags/weight collected: 80 bags, about 3,200 lbs
Location: Susupe Beach Park

DEQ Island Wide Cleanup April 15, 2011 - Saipan Grand Hotel

Date: April 16, 2011
Group: Saipan Grand Hotel
No of volunteers: 20  
Bags/weight collected: 12 bags, about 150 lbs
Location: Saipan Grand Hotel to Sugar Dock

DEQ Island Wide Cleanup April 16, 2011 - Century Tours

Date: April 16, 2011
Group: Century Tours
No of volunteers: 8
Bags/weight collected: 18 bags, about 270 lbs
Location: beach across JP Center to 13 Fishermen Monument

Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your adopted area!!! The CNMI is healthier and more beautiful for your efforts --- cheers!

DEQ Island Wide Cleanup April 15, 2011 - D&Q Saipan CO. LTd

Date: April 15, 2011
Group: Dickerson and Quinn Saipan Co., Ltd.
No of volunteers: 9
Bags/Weight collected: 23 bags, about 300 lbs
Location: Lower base Drive/ Sta Remedios Drive from the D&Q office to Tanapag Beach park, their local village

Many, many thanks to the hard work and effort of the staff and associates from D&Q --- great job everyone!!!

DEQ Island Wide Cleanup - L&T, CIC, Saipan Tribune at TSL Plaza to Fishing Base

Date: April 16, 2011
Group: CIC, L&T, and Saipan Tribune
Number of Volunteers: 32
Weight of trash collected: 900 lbs (42 bags)
Location: beach at the back of TSL Plaza up to Fishing Base

What amazing strength and endurance! Strong work team --- thank you for your time and effort!!!

DEQ Island Wide Cleanup April 15, 2011 - POI Aviation at Tun Kiyoshi Road

Group: POI Aviation
Number of Volunteers: 30
Weight of trash collected: 200lbs (23 bags)
Clean up area: Tun Kiyoshi Rd to Flame Tree Road

Many Kudos to POI Aviation volunteers for your hard effort at the Island Wide Clean Up last weekend!!!

DEQ Islandwide Cleanup: Fiesta Resort & Spa and Century Insurance

Fiesta Resort Hotel  and Century Hotel joined the Islandwide Clean-up day on April 16th.  There were 51 volunteers who cleaned Makaka Beach including beach road side from Fiesta up to ABC store.  A total of 38 bags of trash was collected, weighing in at approximately 200 lbs.

Congratulations Fiesta Resort & Spa and Century Insurance family and friends for a job well done!

Dept of Public Health on last month's Islandwide Cleanup

CHC-DPH Island wide clean-up 2010

Dept. of Public Health Team during the island wide clean up last month

Photo contributed by:
Trina Sablan
Community Health Specialist
CNMI Division of Public Health
Department of Public Health

Congrats & Thank you to all the Islandwide Cleanup Volunteers

Rotary Club of Saipan

Northern Marianas Housing Corporation

Pacific Eagle of Saipan

Congratulations and our heartfelt thanks and gratitude go out to all the over 2,000 participants in this year's very successful DEQ-led Island-wide Clean-up. We proved once again that the successful collaboration between coalition partners in the government sector, private sector, and community is an unbeatable combination!

The two-day clean-up coincided with the Flame Tree Arts Festival which drew hundreds of participants and visitors from off island to the CNMI and to Saipan in particular to celebrate our arts and cultures. Our thanks to the Arts Council Officials and Secretary of DCCA Melvin Faisao for supporting and partnering with Beautify CNMI!

As we embark on our fifth year as coalition partners of Beautify CNMI!, I wish to thank all of those who helped us succeed these past four years. Thank you for helping to foster pride in ourselves and in our communities and in making the CNMI a paradise to live and visit. Of course, this coalition would not be anywhere without the untiring work and dedication of all the past and present subcommittee chairs and their respective members who run the Beautify CNMI! coalition. I also thank the wonderful non-profit groups who gave and continue to give so much of their volunteer time to improving the health and aesthetics of our land and sea environment. Your efforts and contributions are very much appreciated. The private sector has been amazing coalition partners and leaders in our community. We are truly grateful for your monetary and in-kind donations and look forward to continuing our coalition partnership for the future. Last, but not least, our thanks to the third member of this coalition partnership -- the government. While we do know that government simply can't do everything, together with our private-sector and community volunteers, we can accomplish a lot more.

Next year, when we celebrate our fifth-year anniversary, we will, once again, be recognizing Environmental Champions and Stewards in our communities, including Rota and Tinian. Might that Champion and Steward be you? Might that be the volunteer right next to you? Might this person be off island but whose presence is known and felt in the CNMI? Keep an eye out for the next nominee or nominees. Each Award goes to an individual and a group of volunteers. Yes, the volunteer work must come from the heart! So go out there and continue spreading the famous Beautify CNMI "beauty virus"!

Finally, my personal and heartfelt thanks to Laurie Peterka and Joe Kaipat for all their sacrifices, commitment and dedication in helping me ensure that the Beautify CNMI! coalition continues to move forward.

Thank you, Si Yu'us Ma'ase and Olomwaay!

Warmest Regards,
Cinta M. Kaipat
Founder, Beautify CNMI!

POI Aviation

Century Insurance, Saipan Tribune, L&T, Century Tour & Travel, Century Finance & Tan Holdings

Saipan Grand Hotel & Century Hotel

D & Q and Cosmos Distributing

CTSI Logistics

More pictures and final numbers to follow as data collection is finalized!