The Guam Society of CPAs presented a $25,000 donation to the University of Guam School of Business and Public Administration through the UOG Endowment Foundation. The funds will go toward the school’s Guam Accountancy Endowment Fund to benefit the Senator Herminia Dierking and John Phillips Visiting Accounting Professor and Lecturer Program, which enhances the accounting program and the student experience by bringing professors of various accounting specialties temporarily to Guam to teach and lecture.

Photo courtesy of the University of Guam Endowment Foundation
Bank of Saipan is sponsoring a $20,000 hole-in-one prize at the 20th Annual Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands Charity Classic Golf Tournament, to be held on Sept. 17 at LaoLao Bay Golf & Resort. The tournament’s beneficiary is the Northern Marianas Technical Institute.

Photo courtesy of the Hotel Association of the Northern Mariana Islands
Docomo Pacific sponsored the 38th Saipan International Fishing Tournament through a donation of funding and shirts.

Photo courtesy of Docomo Pacific
South Pacific Petroleum Corp. presented a check for $2,500 to the Windward Wolverines Youth Soccer Club. The sponsorship money will be used to assist in funding the Wolverines Fall 2020 Season.

Photo courtesy of South Pacific Petroleum Corp.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Scholars Program selected Mariah Castro, senior accounting major at the University of Guam; to receive a $10,000 scholarship for the coming school year. The program is a nonprofit corporation that oversees audits of public companies, awards academic scholarships to undergraduate and graduate accounting students who are attending accredited U.S. universities and are likely to become accountants and auditors. Castro plans to pursue a master’s through UOG’s Master of Accountancy program and complete the Certified Public Accountant exam. Castro is the third student from UOG’s School of Business and Public Administration to receive the scholarship
South Pacific Petroleum Corp. presented a cash donation of $4,693.48 to Guahan Paws for Pets. The funds were raised through SPPC’s collection of jars placed on each of the counters at the 76/Circle K stores.
Atkins Kroll presented Guam HAWGS Motorcycle Club with children’s school supplies, toiletries, home goods, and $1,000 to benefit the 28th Annual Christmas in July Ride. The donation is part of AK’s Community Matters Program.
The Islandwide Beautification Task Force — in collaboration with the Governor’s Summer Youth Employment Program and United Airlines — collected a total of 5,980 pounds of trash during the #GUAM 78th Liberation Islandwide Beautification Cleanup. The event also was supported by Guahan Waste Control Inc. and the Guam Department of Public Works.
The Rotary Club of Palau has handed over to Koror Elementary School the eighth playground the club has built in public elementary schools in Palau. mbj