Shirley's Coffee Shop Wins Environmental Steward Award

Aside from having a successful booth at the 2010 Flame Tree Arts Festival, the recent event was made doubly special as Shirley's Coffee Shop was hailed as an Environmental Steward by Beautify CNMI!

The award was given in the morning of April 24.

The Environmental Steward award recognizes a person or group that leads the community in activities that help protect the environment in a variety of ways. This individual or group has demonstrated the need to take pride in our islands and to take care of the place we all call home. They serve as an example for others, especially the next generation, to follow.

Shirley’s Coffee Shop has been a partner of Beautify CNMI! since 2006. Since then, they have been active in the numerous projects of the coalition and has made numerous clean ups in their adopted area each month.

Mission Accomplished!

Mom and son teamwork.

Shirley's Coffee Shop staff once again gathered together to accomplish a common mission, to "Beautify CNMI" with their new adopted beach at Chalan Lau Lau, Beach Road.

The clean up started from 5pm until 6:30pm, with 33 volunteers including the staffs' most supportive family members. Food wrappers, cigarettes, discarded food, plastic and glass bottles, were some of the litters found and disposed of that afternoon. A total of 45 lbs. of garbage were collected.

Year-Ender Beach Clean-Up

It has been a conscious effort one desire for Shirley's staff and management to involve themselves helping the community that has given them so much during this past year. Shirley's Coffee Shop didn't let the year end wihout doing another beach clean-up on December 13, 2007. These clean-ups have been an integral part of Shirley's and will continue to take part in these events to, as they say; Beautify CNMI!

Shirley's At It Again

Shirley’s are at it again!

We at Shirley’s don’t just serve the best food on the island, have the friendliest staff and the best service—we also give back to the community by playing an active role in the Beautify CNMI campaign. Shirley’s continues to participate in providing that much needed tender, loving care of our island beaches as its simple way of saying “Si Yuus Maase CNMI!”

On August 27, 2007, Shirley’s management and staffs together with their family members gathered to clean its adopted beach at the Saipan Community School area. This event was highlighted by remembering the birthday celebrants of the months of July and August. This just proves that Shirley’s is indeed an all-around partner in good times, community awareness and great food.

Third Time and There's No Stopping

For the third time, Shirley's Coffee Shop clean up warriors cleaned their adopted beach on March 28, 2007 and there's NO STOPPING THEM!

More clean up sweeps will be done for the next few months, a commitment made by Shirley's Coffee Shop with the Department of Environmental Quality to help "Beautify CNMI". After the clean up, they had a little celebration party at the beach for the birthday celebrants for the months of January, February and March. Birthday songs were sung, candles were blown, food and drinks were shared; of course, hands were sanitized first.

We Did It Again!

Volunteers from Shirley's Coffee Shop again rose up early wearing their new "Beautify CNMI" uniforms to clean up the beach behind the Saipan Community School and Church on Feb. 20, 2007. Leading the clean-up was Susan Macario, the General Manager of Shirley's Coffee Shop. 155lbs. of trash were collected that day, GREAT JOB!