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Vicky Cayetano receives award
Former first lady Vicky Cayetano is among the 2003 Distinguished Women of Northwood University. The award recognizes women of significant achievement and leadership.
The university held an awards ceremony Friday in Dallas. This year's recipients have made a major impact in one or more of the following areas: free enterprise, entrepreneurship, arts and business partnerships, creativity and innovation, internationalism and service to humanity.
Northwood University operates residential campuses in Michigan, Florida and Texas.
School for blind recognizes mom
The Hadley School for the Blind has awarded Honolulu resident Karro Yee the 2003 Robert J. Winn Family Education Award for her exceptional efforts and achievements in meeting the challenges of parenting.
Yee's 20-year-old daughter, Cheryl, suffers from Usher's Syndrome and is deaf and blind. Yee has devoted her time to making Cheryl's life easier and as part of that has completed 11 courses since enrolling with Hadley in 1999.
"Her loss of sight was very traumatic for our family," Yee said. "I decided I wanted to learn as much as I could about blindness so I could understand the challenges she would face and support her in every way."
Student attends leader program
Duke Tomlinson of Honolulu participated last week in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference is a leadership development program for high school students who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit.
He had an opportunity to interact with members of Congress, the Washington press corps and key political appointees.
He also participated in a number of leadership skill-building activities and simulations.
Punahou grad joins in project
Stacy Aldinger, a Punahou School graduate and freshman at American University, participated in a community service project in which freshman students contributed more than 10,000 hours of service.
Aldinger volunteered with David Memorial Goodwill Industries, where she sorted through clothing and assisted with other tasks that helped Goodwill achieve its goal of providing job training for the disadvantaged.
399 given scholarships
Three hundred ninety-nine Hawai'i Catholic School students recently received $329,000 in tuition scholarships from the Augustine Educational Foundation's Tuition Scholarship Program.
"The need for all applicants this year was an amazing $3.2 million," said Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo, president of the AEF. "We must continue to work hard to increase the amount of funding available."
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation played a crucial role in reaching families with the highest level of need for scholarships to Hawai'i's Catholic schools.
The Weinberg Foundation gave $1 million endowments to the AEF in both 1998 and 2001.
