Like last year, the program sends out holiday care package boxes to military service members from the CNMI.
All branches of service, reservists and active duty are included.
The packages contain local cookies, dried mango, Spam, local newspapers/magazines, Red Cross supplies etc.
According to the CNMI Office of Military Affairs, there are more than 300 servicemembers who list the CNMI as home.
CNMI Homefront Support needs your help letting these families know that we would like to send their loved one a free care package.
Families need to send their service members mailing address to [email protected] or call the NMI chapter at 234-3459.
The packages will be sent this Saturday, Nov. 28, from the Army Reserve Center. All address information will be confidential and not shared outside of this program.
For more information, call 234-3459.
SHRM meeting
(SHRM) — The Society for Human Resource Management will have Frank Gibson, SPHR, GPHR, local human resource management consultant and former president of the CNMI chapter of SHRM, as special speaker for the November general membership meeting today, Nov. 25, at the Tapochau Restaurant of the Saipan World Resort.
Doors open at 11:15 a.m. for registration. Cost for members is $20 and $30 for non-members.
Call Denise Montenegro at 234-1234 for more information.
NMC workshop postponed
(NMC) — Northern Marianas College’s workshop on alternative herbal medicine for livestock healthcare in the Western Pacific, which was scheduled for Nov. 24-25, 2009, has been postponed. A new date, time, and venue will be announced within the next few weeks.
For more information, call 234-5498 ext. 1708.
USDA reminder
MAITE, Guam (USDA) — Tom Camacho, county executive director of USDA’s Farm Service Agency in Guam, urged eligible Guam and CNMI farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers to vote in FSA county committee elections by Dec. 7, 2009, the deadline for casting ballots.
For more information, visit www.fsa.usda.gov and enter COC in the search option.
