LIHU‘E — Members of Kaua‘i’s public-school Class of 2010 brought home a lion’s share of awards handed out this year by the Hawai‘i Rotary Youth Foundation, including the only two, $10,000 awards, states a press release. Waimea High School graduate
LIHU‘E — Members of Kaua‘i’s public-school Class of 2010 brought home a lion’s share of awards handed out this year by the Hawai‘i Rotary Youth Foundation, including the only two, $10,000 awards, states a press release.
Waimea High School graduate Natasha Abadilla, of Kekaha, won the $10,000 Maurice J. Sullivan Scholarship. She will attend Stanford University, and her application went through the Kaua‘i Rotary Club.
Alia Weiss of Kapa‘a High and Anahola won the $10,000 Joanna Lau Sullivan Scholarship ($5,000 a year for two years). She will attend the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, and submitted her application through the Kapa‘a Rotary Club.
The Maurice J. Sullivan Scholarship is given to a graduate from Hawai‘i planning on studying outside Hawai‘i, and the Joanna Lau Sullivan Scholarship is given to a Hawai‘i graduate planning on studying in the state, the release states.
The other Kaua‘i winners all received $5,000, one-year awards:
— Eurielle Blair of Kapa‘a High School, who applied through the Hanalei Bay Rotary Club and will be attending UH-Manoa;
— Jason Iloreta of Kapa‘a High School, who sent his application through the Kapa‘a Rotary Club and will be attending Gonzaga University;
— Hana Imai of Kapa‘a High, who sent her application through the Kapa‘a Rotary Club and will be attending the University of the Pacific;
— Daisy Liberato of Kaua‘i High School and Lihu‘e, who will be attending Creighton University and sent her application through the Kaua‘i Rotary Club;
— Tyler Navarro of Kaua‘i High School, who will attend Purdue and sent his application through the Po‘ipu Beach Rotary Club.
The HRYF awarded $325,000 in college scholarships to 65 Hawai‘i 2010 graduates.
Maurice J. “Sully” Sullivan, founder of Foodland, created the foundation in 1976, and since then HRYF has awarded 1,405 scholarships to Hawai‘i high school seniors totaling $4,830,263.
The 2010 HRYF grants included 29 scholarships that were awarded to Neighbor Island high school students and 34 scholarships awarded to O‘ahu high school students.
The 65 include 52 scholarships of $5,000 each to graduates attending Mainland universities, 11 scholarships of $5,000 each to graduates attending Hawai‘i universities, and the two, $10,000 awards to Abadilla and Weiss.
Financial support for the HRYF scholarships comes from the state’s 48 Rotary clubs, including the six on Kaua‘i: Hanalei, Po‘ipu Beach, Kaua‘i (Lihu‘e), Kalepa Sunrise, West Kaua‘i and Kapa‘a.
The state’s 48 Rotary clubs receive applications from students, and each club selects two applications to send to the nine areas (Kaua‘i is one area) so that scholarships are given to students from all over the islands, the release states.
