Corteva Hawai‘i awards $70k in grants to schools and community organizations on Kaua‘i and O‘ahu

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Corteva’s Ryan Oyama and Laurie Yoshida met with Kaua‘i DOE school principals and Kaua‘i Area Complex Superintendent on 9/19/23 to present the awards.

Corteva Hawai‘i provided $70,000 in grant funding to 12 organizations on Kaua‘i and five organizations on O‘ahu. Corteva Hawai‘i awarded money to schools like King Kaumuali‘i Elementary School, Alaka‘i O Kaua‘i Charter School and Moanalua High School to name a few. Other organizations that received grant funding include the Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i, West O‘ahu Soil & Water Conservation District and more.

The schools will be utilizing the funds received from Corteva Hawai‘i in different ways, but some examples include STEM programs, science programs, robotics and a school garden. Other organizations plan to use the money to fund a School and Keiki Pantry Program, Backpack Program, food safety audit, Agricultural Leadership Program and more.

Corteva Hawai‘i’s Ryan Oyama and Laurie Yoshida met with Kaua‘i DOE school principals and Kaua‘i Area Complex Superintendent on September 19, 2023 to present the grant awards. For more information on specific schools and organzations awarded on Kaua‘i, check out The Garden Island story here.

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