From left, Gus Litulumar, Marianas Music Association treasurer; JJ Concepcion, MMA president; MJ Sikebert, Shack general manager; Joshua Villagmoez, intern, Indigenous Affairs Office; Melanie T. Wennio, cultural specialist, IAO; and Ross Manglona, resident executive, IAO.
THE Shack continues to demonstrate its commitment to humanitarian causes as it has reached out to the Marianas Music Association or MMA for a rather sizeable donation.
With $5,000 in gift prizes in hand to present to MMA volunteers, the popular food establishment became a Platinum Sponsor of the “Un Marianas Dinner Concert” to be held at the Aqua Resort, poolside on July 14. Tickets are sold at $100 per person throughout the island as MMA continues to reach out to those willing to assist in this cause.
The Shack’s donation helps the organizers in their efforts to entice potential guests to the event.
According to MMA Treasurer Gus Litulumar “The price involved with attending the concert is rather high but when considering that you might even receive more in raffle prizes by simply attending, I think it becomes worth the investment.”
Litulumar further said, “Our thanks go out to Glen Hunter and the staff at the SHACK for having faith in our ability to raise funding for our neighboring islands.”
“Glen Hunter is a wonderful example of a stakeholder that participates in his community. It is highly evident in the multitude of events we hear the Shack is involved with,” according to Ross Manglona, resident executive of the Indigenous Affairs Office, which is assisting the nonprofit group in the coordination efforts.
“Volunteerism and philanthropy are great American traditions. Philanthropy allows volunteers to do work so it’s a rather symbiotic relationship as it’s difficult to have one without the other,” Manglona further stated.
For his part, MJ Sikebert, Shack general manager, said: “As a member of this great community of ours, we are eager to assist MMA in their efforts to send much-needed rebuilding supplies to the neighboring islands of Rota and Guam. Our company firmly believes it has a social responsibility as a member of this community and this is our way of helping others”
“We are very proud of the relationships we’ve built over the years with our business leaders,” Manglona said. “There are some commitments still pending but I remain confident we will be sold out for this worthy cause,” he added.
