(JDF) — For nearly 30 years, Joeten Daidai Foundation has been giving out scholarships to qualified candidates in its efforts to help enhance education for students from the CNMI.
On July 15, 2021, the foundation awarded $2,000 each to eight scholarship recipients for a total of $16,000 to assist students with their college funds.
This year’s awardees are Maria Cruz of Kagman High School, Victoria C. Dela Cruz of Marianas High School, Stephanie T. Flores of Marianas High School, Davin Kim of Kagman High School, Samantha Liske-Clark of Saipan International School, Julie Quan of Grace Christian Academy, and Amy Soliman of Marianas High School.
Jason Tudela Sablan of Saipan International School is this year’s Joeten affiliate/subsidiary scholarship recipient, which is granted to a child of an employee of one of Joeten’s subsidiaries or affiliate companies.
On top of their academic excellence, community involvement and extracurricular activities, each qualifying student was tasked to write an essay on a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”
Foundation executive director Patty Palacios stated, “These students have been through Super Typhoon Yutu and now a pandemic. It hasn’t been an easy four years for them. They’re resilient; and I commend them for that. I thought the quote was fitting for the students to write an essay about because of the experiences they’ve gone through, how they faced different obstacles along their journeys and how they’ve overcome those hurdles the best way they could.”
The philanthropic arm of Joeten enterprises, the Joeten Daidai Foundation was established in 1994 from a vision of the late Jose “Joeten” C. Tenorio and his wife Soledad “Daidai” Tenorio as a means of giving back to the local community.
The foundation has been supported by the generosity of Joeten affiliates such as Saipan Shipping Co., Saipan Stevedore Co., Pacifica Insurance Underwriters, Inc. among many other business partners of Joeten.
Eight scholarship recipients received $2,000 each from Joeten Daidai Foundation.
