Corporate Giving – October 2, 2023 | Marianas Business Journal

Director General Paul Chen of the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, together with the Consulate General of Palau and the Palau Community Association of Guam, arranged with True-How Liao, general manager of Manshine Enterprises, which does business as Lucky Supply, a Taiwanese business in Guam; to donate necessary supplies such as insect repellent, sanitation wipes, and water for the Palau community in Guam. Photo by Althea Engman

Together Beyond the Reef Music Festival and the Electric Island Festival raised and donated $3,200 after hosting an event the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance for Typhoon Mawar Relief and Resiliency efforts.

(From left) Art DeGuzman, director, EIF Festival; Cami Egurrola, director of communications, Micronesian Climate Change Alliance; and Frankie McJohn, founder, Beyond the Reef Music Festival. Photo courtesy of the Micronesian Climate Change Alliance

Ten University of Guam agriculture students received scholarships to participate in a two-week Smart Agriculture Technology & Culture Experience Study Abroad Program in Taiwan in July July a at the National Pingtung University of Sciences & Technology and about the culture and at National Taiwan Normal University — two new sister colleges of UOG’s College of Natural & Applied Sciences. The students each received $1,000 from the J. Yang & Family Foundation of California through the UOG Endowment Foundation. Their scholarships are part of a $600,000 donation that is being made over three years by the foundation of Taiwanese-American entrepreneur Jackson Yang to fund the newly established Asia Pacific Studies Center project under the University of Guam’s Office of the President.

(From left) Jeng-Hung Liu, associate liaison of the Asia Pacific Universities Consortium and assistant professor of animal science; Kuan-Ju Chen, senior liaison of the Asia Pacific Universities Consortium and associate professor of agricultural economics, both from the University of Guam; Rebecca Lan, director of the Education Division of the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Los Angeles; Yang; Anita Borja Enriquez, president of UOG; Julie Yang, vice president, J. Yang & Family Foundation; and Wilson Wang, president, Taiwan Hotel & Motel Association of Southern California. Photo courtesy of the University of Guam

GNC’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., donated $42,530 in supplements through GNC in Guam for post-Typhoon Mawar recovery of the island’s people. The GNC team visited senior centers or mayor’s offices of Yigo, Mangilao, Chalan Pago-Ordot, Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Sinajana, Agat, Dededo, Santa Rita, Inalahan and Agana Heights to distribute vitamin C to people in need.
GNC Guam also joined Korean community of Guam volunteers at Guma Trankilidat. While Korean community volunteers offered free haircut services, GNC donated Vitamin C to residents.
Working with Operation Christmas Drop, GNCE is extending GNC’s relief efforts to islands in Micronesia by donating GNC Baby DHA Drops, a liquid-form fish oil supplement for babies and toddlers aged up to five years old.
Parents of babies and toddlers in Guam are welcome to visit the GNC store at Micronesia Mall and receive GNC Baby DHA Drops, without any purchase required while supplies last.

(Standing left) James C. Moylan, Guam’s delegate to Congress; (kneeling front ) Edward Lu, chief nutritionist; and Jenny Yang, managing director, both with GNC; and Inalahan residents at the Inalahan Senior Center. Photo courtesy of GNC

The Hilton Guam Resort & Spa and the RIHGA Royal Laguna Guam Resort $7,500 each to combine as Diamond co-sponsors of the Guam Chapter of the American Red Cross 21st Annual Red Ball.

Corporate Giving – October 2, 2023