Since 2003, when the Portuguese Association began awarding college scholarships, the nonprofit organization has given $71,000 to seventy-three residents of Maui County. Then, please add the 2026 numbers - delivered to the awardees on Sunday, July 5, 2026: USD 7,500 and five awardees.
2026 PAM SCHOLARSHIP
Awardees / Premiados:
L-R 2026 Scholarship recipients on Sunday, July 5, 2026 (total 5)
The 2026 Portuguese Association of Maui (PAM) Scholars and officials include: Back row: Director Robert Robello; awardees Hailee Pruse, Staysia Haleakala; PAM treasurer Joycelyn Victorino; PAM scholarship co‑chair Brenda Luce; awardees Chaysen Tanaka, Brennan Tanaka; PAM vice‑president Leina Shirota‑Purdy; and, in the front row, PAM president Mike Victorino.
Awardee Timika McLaurin (not in the picture)
The 2026 Portuguese Association of Maui (PAM) Scholars and officials include: Back row: Director Robert Robello; awardees Hailee Pruse, Staysia Haleakala; PAM treasurer Joycelyn Victorino; PAM scholarship co‑chair Brenda Luce; awardees Chaysen Tanaka, Brennan Tanaka; PAM vice‑president Leina Shirota‑Purdy; and, in the front row, PAM president Mike Victorino.
Awardee Timika McLaurin (not in the picture)
- Brennan Makoto Tanaka, a 2026 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui, earned the "Richard and Fátima Cameron Excellence Scholarship" ($2,500).
- Timika McLaurin, a 2026 graduate of Moloka'i High School, earned the "Damien J. Farias Integrity Scholarship" ($2,000).
- Chaysen Hiromasa "Kūpa'a" Tanaka, 2025 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui and attending California Polytechnic State University, earned $1,000 for his dedication and academic achievements.
- Hailee K. Pruse, a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui who began at Whitman College that same year, earned $1,000. for her dedication and academic achievements.
- Staysia Haleakala, a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui and set to start her college journey at the University of Oregon this fall, earned $1,000 for her dedication and academic achievements.
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