{"id":3012,"date":"2020-07-31T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2020-07-30T22:27:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T03:27:46","slug":"big-island-resident-receives-2020-community-service-award-from-an-international-honors-student-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2020\/07\/31\/big-island-resident-receives-2020-community-service-award-from-an-international-honors-student-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Island Resident Receives 2020 Community Service Award from an International Honors Student Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3013\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2020\/07\/31\/big-island-resident-receives-2020-community-service-award-from-an-international-honors-student-society\/hfn_book-distribution-philippines\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?fit=980%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"980,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?fit=300%2C163\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?fit=640%2C348\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?resize=640%2C348\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?w=980 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?resize=300%2C163 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/HFN_Book-distribution-Philippines.jpg?resize=768%2C418 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent Northcentral University (NCU) graduate received the 2020 Community Service Award from NCU\u2019s Lambda Eta Chapter of Delta Mu Delta, an international honors society open to doctoral students with GPAs above 3.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kailua-Kona resident Joy Escobal-Luea, Ph.D., was recognized by the university\u2019s Delta Mu Delta for her efforts in sending thousands of children books and fundraising a new building at her old school in the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur book project started in 2015, two years after our home province of Bohol was devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Besides immediate fundraising activities to help those affected, a visit to the Philippines inspired me to create a nonprofit organization,\u201d Dr. Escobal-Luea said in an NCU press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also partnered with a local public library in Kailua-Kona to donate used children\u2019s books. 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