THE “Road to 80” Covid-19 vaccination campaign raffle will be heading to Tinian today, July 30.
A $1,000 raffle prize solely for those who are vaccinated on Tinian will be held, in addition to the $2,000 weekly Friday raffle for the entire CNMI vaccinated population.
Each person receiving their first dose on Tinian will also get $20 as part of the campaign.
Free food and drinks will likewise be available.
The campaign will be held at the Tinian Health Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Winners of the raffles will be announced live via the official “Road to 80” Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/roadto80cnmi
As of Thursday, July 29, 1,445 individuals, or 56.8% of the Tinian population, had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
CNMI-wide 30,012 individuals, or 70.8% of the vaccine-eligible segment of the population had been fully vaccinated.
The “Road to 80” Covid-19 vaccination campaign was launched earlier this month and will run until late August in an effort to reach 80% herd immunity in the Commonwealth’s fight against the global Covid-19 pandemic.
There will be weekly drawings every Friday at 5 p.m. for more cash prizes.
Starting 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.
If a winner does not respond within 72 hours of the first time they were contacted, a new winner will be chosen.
Additionally, grand drawing winners will be announced at the Taste of the Marianas main stage on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.
Grand drawing prizes include a $2,500 “bonus draw,” a $5,000 “mini-grand” prize, a $15,000 “grand prize,” and a 2020 Nissan Rogue Sport compact crossover.
In-kind prizes, such as $500 worth of cards from McDonald’s of Saipan, $500 worth of gas cards from Mobil, as well as a Samsung S20 with two months of free service from IT&E, will also be raffled.
The campaign received an additional $5,000 contribution from the administration and will be restructuring its raffles to give out more prizes.
As of Tuesday, July 27, the CNMI needed 3,911 more individuals within its eligible population to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to finally reach its goal of 80%, deemed to be the herd immunity percentage.
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.
