Donation of Scholarship by McDonald's

Year 2010 ended on a positive note for Eucon International School as they received a donation from McDonald's Saipan.

The fast food restaurant's owner and president Joe Ayuyu handed on Friday a check worth $2,000 to school representatives Friday morning.

In an interview, Ayuyu told Saipan Tribune that the donation is part of McDonald's efforts to give back to the community.

“From time to time, we give donations to different schools on island to help them with what we can. This is the first time that we gave a donation to Eucon International School,” he said.

Ayuyu said Eucon International School has done a great job in educating some 250 international students currently enrolled at the school.

“The kids there are getting a good education and I'm happy to help them out. I know they will put it to good use,” he said.

Ayuyu added that the donation is a great way to start the new year for the school.

“On behalf of our school, we would like to thank the management of McDonald's for their support to our school,” said pastor Pete Miral of Eucon International School.

According to Miral, the donation will be added to their scholarship program fund for school year 2010-2011.

“We're offering different types of scholarship to all deserving students as our way of showing our gratitude to all businesses that make a contribution to the school,” he said.

Miral said their non-income based scholarship program is open to all students from first to 12th grade who meet their minimum grade requirements.

A+ students can avail of the 50 percent scholarship, A students can apply for the 40 percent scholarship, while A- students has the 30 percent scholarship option.

At present, Eucon International School has 10 students in their scholarship program.

“We hope we will continue to support one another in promoting education in the community,” Miral added.

Source: http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=105826