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Bottles4College

save your recyclable cans + bottles
and help fund college tuition for Hawaii Kids!
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On a Mission

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Bottles4College is a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization spearheaded by Genshu Price, a 15-year-old Hawaii kid, on a  Mission to collect recyclable bottles + cans to pay for college tuition of Hawaii kids who want to go to college.  Please join Genshu and collect recyclable bottles + cans and help kids, their future, and our planet at the same time!
"​Let everyone know that college, CAN do!"
#Collect2Protect #Save2Pave
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GOALS: Our goal is to create a system where we are collecting at least 2-4 million recyclable cans and bottles  annually in order to be able to fund college tuition scholarships for 1-2 Hawaii students annually.  

Upcoming Events

1 MILLION Recycling Event!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! On Saturday, February 25th, 2023 (8am-3pm) at Windward Mall, Bottles4College is holding our most important event yet! This recycling event is in celebration of Bottles4College recycling over 1 MILLION CANS AND BOTTLES!! Save you HI 5 ¢ cans and bottles to donate to Bottles4College at the event to be a part of our mission to collect recyclable cans and bottles to protect the environment and to create college scholarships for students in Hawaii!
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Big News!

KHON2 Top Story

Bottles4College's 2022 Earth Day Event at Kualoa Ranch with 4Ocean was aired as a top story on KHON2! View the entire story and article to see how  the event went and some of Bottles4College's future plans!

Home is Here, PBS Hawaii

PBS Hawaii's new show, Home is Here, featured Bottles4College in their 3rd episode! This showed how Bottles4College started off 2022 and how we plan to manifest our mission to start sending students in Hawaii to college!

Bottles4College featured on Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation's Channel Kindness

Read the article on Bottles4College written by Genshu himself on Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation's Channel Kindness!

How to Recycle

In this video, learn how to sort your recyclable cans and bottles! From separating the cans and bottles to learning about unredeemable material, this is a great way to learn how to deepen your help towards Bottles4College and our mission to collect recyclable cans and bottles to fund college tuition for Hawaii kids!

Bottles4College 2021 Results!

As the first 2021 year of Bottles4College ends, it has been an amazing year! Bottles4College has had so much support from the community and got so far! We have a lot more growing to do to be able to get to our goal of collecting 2-4 million cans and bottles a year but we are steadily growing and can't wait to see what's in store for the new year!

Bottles4College was incorporated on March 29th, 2021. Please stay tuned for a 1 year anniversary recap in March!
Bottles4College 2021 Breakdown
-Approx. 325,566 cans and bottles
-$16,298.93  funds raised through recycling deposits

CYD Outstanding Advocate 2021!

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Genshu recieved an Outstanding Advocate Award  2021 for the Children and Youth Day and Month 2021 for the efforts of Bottles4College. 

"I'm super thankful for this award, Bottles4College can't be done without all the help from the people in the community! Can't wait to see Bottles4College grow!"-Genshu

Bottles4College recycling drive at First Insurance Company Hawaii!

 First Insurance Company Hawaii arranged a Bottles4College employee recycling drive for the First Insurance Center Building of Honolulu, Hawaii! A total of 4,111  cans and bottles were collected! Bottles4College can't wait to work with them again in the future!

Bottles4College & Children and Youth Summit 2021!

 Genshu was a speaker and panelist for Hawaii Children & Youth Summit 2021. See  his full virtual speech below. 

Genshu was also on Youtube Live with Children and Youth Day Youtube! There, Genshu was interviewed by 10 year old Zoe Kaaihue  about Bottles4College. 

Bottles4College and Lunalilo Elementary

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The 5th grade at Lunalilo Elementary did a week long recycling drive for their classes and did an amazing job!  Bottles4College is super excited to have been able to give a civic lesson to the Hawaii students and is very grateful for the opportunity! Can't wait for the next chance to give students the time to be involved with Bottles4College!

Bottles4College on The Keola Show!  102.7 Da Bomb 

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Bottles4College had the honor of being on "What's Buzzin Cuzzin"  of The Keola Show on 102.7 Da Bomb. It was so much fun to be on the show and hope everyone listening had fun getting to know me (Genshu) and Bottles4College. Mahalos again to the awesome crew of The Keola Show - Mr. Keola, Mr. Phat Joe, and Ms. Kimmie Caruba. 
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Get Involved with Bottles4College!

Do you want to get involved with Bottles4College? Become an Advocate or an Ambassador! As an Advocate, you let people know what Bottles4College is and collect cans and bottles. But if you want to get even more involved, you can sign up to become an Ambassador. As an Ambassador, you not only promote and collect recyclable cans and bottles, but help form committees, participate in events, and help set up depots. Ambassadors must be available for 1-2 days a week for meetings, etc. If you are interested, please contact me today!

Find Bottles4College deposit bins on campus at Mililani Uka Elementary School (photos above) and King Intermediate School in Kaneohe. 
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Bottles4College needs your help!
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We have an exciting opportunity to set a large drop-off depot and we are in need for a box truck to accommodate our collection site & transfer to the recycling center. If you are able to help us source  a truck or know of corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact us!


Bottles4College Bin Gallery

King Intermediate School

Designed by student-artists of King Intermediate School 

Learn More About Bottles4College

 I still have a lot to learn and  work on when it comes to filmmaking but it is my very first longer video project I created from beginning to end. In this video, I got to interview one of my very first supporters of Bottles4College!
It give you a behind the scenes insight on Bottles4College and what this project is about. Now, you can view it on YouTube on my channel, Gee's Productions . Please  subscribe and like! 

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Meet Genshu.

The  Founder
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Aloha! My name is Genshu Price, my friends call me Gee, a 15 year old Hawaii kid.  Bottles4College is my own organization I created to collect recyclable cans + bottles to help fund college tuitions for kids in Hawaii.
Contact Us
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Genshu at the recycling center getting ready to deposit cans and bottles that were collected from all that supported.

Bottles 4 College
4 Pillars of Belief

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Bottles4College is a 501(c)(3) status Non Profit Organization and aims to serve both our present and future. Support kids and we will bring hope and growth to our communities and environment!

​Especially during these trying times, we believe what it is important for communities to come together and help support our now and future.  
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Education
Empowering children, supporting their future, encouraging  the present, and giving opportunity to anyone that wants it. 
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Environment 
Raising awareness to Recycle, Reuse and Reduce!
Giving a cause to recycle and take care of our aina.
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Community
- Bringing the community together for a cause
- Cleaning and taking care of neighborhoods
 - Opportunity to give back
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​Lifestyle
Raising awareness for:
-Conscious choices
-Contributing to a cause
-Ability to be involved
-Conscious lifestyle to build future generations
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No cans + bottles? Your contribution will be used toward funding the program. 

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