Bottles4College hands out scholarships during Windward recycling event
KHON2 has been following Genshu Price's journey as the founder of 'Bottles4College,' a nonprofit that collects bottles and cans into scholarship money for college.
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The nonprofit was part of the Aloha ʻAina Earth Day celebration at Windward Mall, alongside Goodwill Hawaiʻi and E-Opala on Saturday, April 20.
The event also featured a special announcement as Genshu announced four out of five Bottles4College scholarship recipients for 2025.
Scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000.
One recipient, Jaxon Pang, will be heading to Arizona State University in the fall and is committed to playing Division 1 roller hockey.
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'What he's doing comes from the heart, so I appreciate him and his family a lot,' Jaxson said.
Genshu thanked the community for always coming out and supporting the cause.
'Without our community, Bottles4College isn't possible. I know I say this again and again, but it's the truth,' he said.
Saturday's recycling drive collected about two million cans and bottles, filling about 76 recycling trucks.
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'That's over 150,000 pounds of trash that has been diverted from landfills and kept out of our environment, so it's incredible. It's not without the community.'
Bottles4College will announce its final scholarship awardee to a neighbor island student in May.
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