The governor sat next to lt. governor who will no longer be his running mate next year as they joined Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez in presenting Coats a plaque of appreciation in the CHC conference room.
After 18 years of volunteer works in the commonwealth, Coats is leaving to be with her family in Canada.
She plans to take care of her 84-year-old mother and is excited to see her three daughters and four granddaughters.
In an interview, Fitial said the CNMI benefited tremendously from Coats’ volunteer services, “but we have to respect her decision because she wants to go back to Canada and take care of her mother and to be with her children.”
He added, “All I can say is that we’re going to miss her and we appreciate her tremendous assistance to the volunteers of CHC. I wish her all the best of luck in her future endeavors.”
Volunteer work at the commonwealth’s only hospital, Fitial added, is very important.
The CNMI is very fortunate to have group like the CHC Volunteers, the governor said.
His administration, he added, will continue to support the hospital and its volunteers.
Secretary Villagomez, for his part, said 18 years of being a CHC volunteer indicate a big commitment to the needs of the people of the commonwealth.
“She comes every single day to the hospital to run the gift shop and plan for fundraising to address the needs of the hospital,” he said.
The community, he added, will lose someone who has been very dedicated in addressing the needs of the CNMI.
The volunteers have elected Maggie DLG. Wonenberg as their new president.
In Nov. 25 they’re going to hold their annual raffle draw for Thanksgiving baskets as they continue to raise funds for the purchase of a hyperbaric chamber, which costs $400,000.
Prinz arrived on Saipan in 1989 as the overseas community chairwoman of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
In 1995, she spearheaded a pool tournament on island.
It was in 1990 when she joined the CHC volunteers upon the request of her fellow Rotarian Susie Davis.
