THE “Road to 80” CNMI Covid-19 vaccination campaign will announce its grand finale winners Saturday, Aug. 28, at the 22nd Annual Taste of the Marianas International Food Festival & Beer Garden.
The campaign first kicked off in July, in an effort to have at least 80% of the eligible CNMI population vaccinated by this Saturday, August 28.
At the grand finale, one vaccinated individual per island — Rota, Saipan, and Tinian — will be randomly selected to win $2,500 in cash each.
Among the vaccinated throughout the CNMI, four individuals will be randomly selected to win $5,000; $15,000; a Nissan Rogue Sport, or a Yamaha FRP W-17AH boat.
If a winner does not respond within 72 hours of the first time they are contacted, a new winner will be chosen.
On, Friday, Aug. 27, at 5 p.m., an individual among the vaccinated in the CNMI will be randomly selected in the last drawing of the weekly Friday raffle, winning a $4,000 cash prize.
Beginning Friday, July 16, 2021, weekly winners were chosen at random to bring home these cash prizes: $1,000 for the first week; $1,500 for the second; $2,000 for the third; $2,500 for the fourth; $3,000 for the fifth; $3,500 for the sixth; and $4,000 for the seventh and final week.
The weekly Friday drawings are open for those who are fully vaccinated or registered to be fully vaccinated by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2021.
Individuals who have already been vaccinated in the CNMI are automatically entered in the raffle.
Winners will be contacted by phone and email using the information provided on https://www.vaccinatecnmi.com
To claim their prizes, winners will need to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated.
The winners of the first six weekly Friday raffles were Myrnalynn Babauta and Joseph Dalupo, $1,000; Eun Jeong Cho, $1,500; Vicente Iriarte, $2,000; Edgardo Sagun, $2,500; Ericson Faustino, $3,000; and Jesse Joshua Deleon Guerrero, $3,500.
The campaign also visited Tinian to encourage the eligible population to get vaccinated, as well as to give away special prizes solely for the people of Tinian.
On Tinian, Patricio Fieldad won $1,000; Moses Reyes, $100; Mary Loise Atalig, $100; Marlena King, $100; Jayver Cruz, $100; Sheila Marie Borja, $100; and Shawn Lee Nicolas Borja, a brand-new Samsung S20 with two months of free service from IT&E CNMI.
The campaign also took a similar trip to Rota, announcing various special prize winners there as well.
On Rota, Jane Padernal won $1,000; Bernie Fujihira, $500; Don Smith, $250; Ed Marvin Maligson, $250; Don Ogo, $100; Vicente Atalig, Jr., $100; George Bisala, $100; Delia Marie Barcinas, $100; and Vincent Manglona, $100.
In addition, the campaign hosted various social media challenges, encouraging community members to “like” the campaign’s official Facebook page, as well as to share specific posts on said Facebook page.
Winners of the social media raffles include Tracy Suda, Elden Buhay, and Maria Venus M. Angeles who each won $500 in cash.
In-kind prizes, such as $500 worth of cards from McDonald’s of Saipan and $500 worth of gas cards from Mobil will also be raffled.
The campaign received a $10,000 contribution from the administration for the campaign prizes.
The “Road to 80” Covid-19 vaccination campaign is a public/private partnership among the CNMI Office of the Governor, the Governor’s Covid-19 Task Force, the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Bridge Capital LLC, City Trust Bank, Helios Engineering Group, HBR International, IT&E, Joeten Enterprises Inc., the Marianas Visitors Authority, McDonald’s Saipan, the Mobil stations of Oleai, Chalan Kiya, and Kagman, Naked Fish Bar & Grill, POI Aviation, and Tan Holdings Corporation.
The Covid-19 vaccine is available for persons 12 years of age or older. To register and schedule an appointment to get vaccinated, visit https://www.vaccinatecnmi.com or call 682-SHOT (7468) between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. any day of the week.
As of Thursday, 77.2% of the eligible CNMI population, or 32,710 individuals, had been fully vaccinated.
The CNMI needs 1,200 more individuals to be fully vaccinated in order to reach its 80% herd immunity goal.
