BEGINS
A long-term investment in educational opportunities for the youth of American Samoa.
OUR COMMUNITY
Serving more
than meals.
Our McAiga extends beyond our restaurants. We believe in creating opportunities, supporting education and investing in the communities we are proud to serve.
EDUCATION • OPPORTUNITY • OUR YOUTH
2006
Opening Doors
Through Education.
Since 2006, the McDonald's American Samoa Scholarship Program has created opportunities for young people to further their education and pursue higher academic qualifications.
Through merit-based scholarship support, students have been given opportunities to pursue higher education locally at American Samoa Community College and continue their studies at accredited universities in the United States.
By June 2025, McDonald's American Samoa had offered $1 million in scholarships since the program began.
MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITYBEGINS
SINCE 2006
Scholarship support offered from the program's beginning through June 2025.
EDUCATION
Two decades of helping young people pursue higher academic qualifications.
≈ $50,000HISTORICAL AVERAGE PER YEAR • 2006–2025
Based on $1 million in scholarships offered over the program's first 20 years. Annual scholarship amounts have varied.
SCHOLARSHIP PHOTO STORY
Celebrating opportunity
across the years.
Selected moments from a scholarship program supporting educational opportunity in American Samoa since 2006.
THE SCHOLARSHIP JOURNEY
A continuing investment
in higher education.
Tautolo Agaoleatu Charlie Tautolo establishes the McDonald's Scholarship Program.
Merit-based educational support for students from American Samoa.
$104,000 in scholarships presented to seven students pursuing higher education.
CONTINUING THE LEGACY
2025
$104,000 Awarded
to Seven Students.
In June 2025, McDonald's American Samoa presented scholarships totaling $104,000 to seven students pursuing higher education.
The 2025 awards included four off-island scholarships and three local scholarships.
The expanded scholarship awards were presented in honor of the 80th birthday of Chairman and Founder Agaoleatu Charlie Tautolo.
OFF-ISLAND4 SCHOLARSHIPS$20,000 EACH$10,000 per year
for two years$80,000 COMBINED
for two years$80,000 COMBINED
LOCAL3 SCHOLARSHIPS$8,000 EACH$4,000 per year
for two years$24,000 COMBINED
for two years$24,000 COMBINED
2025 SCHOLARSHIP COMMITMENT$80,000 + $24,000 = $104,000
$104,000TOTAL SCHOLARSHIPS
7SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
4OFF-ISLAND SCHOLARSHIPS
3LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS
INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION
An investment in our youth.
An investment in our islands.
Since 2006, McDonald's American Samoa has invested in educational opportunity for the territory's young people. By June 2025, the program had offered $1 million in scholarships, helping students pursue higher academic qualifications both at home and off-island.
Investing in our youth meansinvesting in the future of our islands.
OUR McAIGA
The people behind
the Golden Arches.
Across American Samoa and Samoa, our managers and crew are at the heart of everything we do. From serving our customers every day to supporting our communities, they are what makes our McAiga special.
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