Atkins Kroll Guam presented M.U. Lujan Elementary School with a $1,914 donation as the winner of its second annual Community Matters: Back-to-School Test Drive Campaign. Held throughout August at the AK Toyota showroom, community members completed nearly 100 test drives and cast votes for local schools. M.U. Lujan Elementary School earned 22 votes to secure the donation, which pays tribute to the year Atkins Kroll was founded (1914) and will support educational programs and initiatives. Agueda I. Johnston Middle School finished two votes behind, and John F. Kennedy High School received 11 votes. Atkins Kroll presented the faculty and staff of M.U. Lujan Elementary School in Yona with a $1,914 Community Matters donation on Sept. 9.
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board named University of Guam senior accounting major Shauntay Leon Guerrero a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Scholar, awarding her a $15,000 scholarship for the 2026 to 2027 academic year. Leon Guerrero, president of the Junior Accountants Society, was nominated by UOG accounting professor Dr. Doreen Crisostomo-Muña. The scholarship will support her undergraduate completion and her transition into the master of accountancy program at UOG. At least one UOG student has been named a PCAOB Scholar every academic year since 2020.
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Triple J Ford launched its “Fill-A-Ford, Feed Families” food drive throughout September in partnership with local non-profit Be Heartfelt, held in conjunction with the 2026 Ford Global Food Drive and Hunger Action Month. Community members were invited to donate individually packaged, shelf-stable breakfast items, easy meals, and snacks at the Triple J Ford showroom in Upper Tumon to support local children and families needing food assistance.
South Pacific Petroleum Corp. donated $1,780 to Guam Animals in Need for its Fur Ball to be held on Nov. 6.
(From left) Alison Hadley, executive director of Guam Animals in Need, Mark J. Sablan, vice president of business development of South Pacific Petroleum Corp. SPPC Vice President of Business Development.
SCOOP'D owner Jangyeol Park presented a $1,000 donation to the Guam Community College Korea Club during a Sept. 24 menu-tasting event on campus. Park served complimentary Korean-inspired rice bowl meals to approximately 140 GCC students, faculty, and staff to gather feedback prior to the restaurant's opening at the Micronesia Mall Food Court.
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Joint Region Marianas coordinated nearly 100 service members and volunteers from the U.S. Navy Chiefs Mess, Guam National Guard, 554th REDHORSE Squadron, 36th Civil Engineering Squadron, and JRM to assist Southern High School ahead of its Sept. 8 Department of Public Health and Social Services sanitary inspection.
Volunteers cut back overgrown vegetation, replaced drop ceiling tiles, serviced HVAC systems, cleaned and painted facilities, cleared debris, and pressure washed walkways, allowing multiple closed classrooms, including a special education classroom, to reopen for students. Service members from Joint Region Marianas, the U.S. Navy Chiefs Mess, Guam National Guard, 554th RED HORSE Squadron, and 36th Civil Engineering Squadron volunteered at Southern High School to clean and prepare the campus for inspection.
