Alumni Football Club Formed by Former Warriors
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ormer Warriors who once donned the pads and wore the blue and white of Kamehameha Schools are invited to join the newly formed Warrior Alumni Football Club. KS Kapälama football coach David Stant and Kapälama athletic director Kanani Souza ’63 have agreed to make the first home game held at Künuiäkea every season a night to recognize Kamehameha Schools football alumni. Stant invited alumni players to the chapel service and pregame meal before the Aug. 29 contest against St. John Bosco. An alumni reception was held in the Künuiäkea classroom (field level) and special bleachers for alumni Warriors were set up on the 30yard line. In addition, the former players were introduced during halftime activities at the game. The purpose of the Warrior Alumni Football Club is to: reunite former Kamehameha football players; support the current Kamehameha football program; and raise funds for a scholarship endowment at
Former Warriors at Ku¯nuıia¯kea: from left, Bill Asing ’81, Doss Tannehill ’68, John Agard ’45, Keanu Sai ’82, Keith Ah Yuen ’78, Chad Mahoe ’99, Darryl Ng ’81, Wayne Wills ’80, Kanani Souza ’63, Shannon Robello ’81, Russell Ka‘upu ’84, Annie Yamamoto ’06, Malcolm Lutu ’80, Buddy Hugo ’80, Stewart Kawakami ’87, Steve Robello ’77, Casey Kunitomo ’77, Alden Levi ’87, Erv Kau (athletic director), and James McClure ’87. Photo courtesy Dayne Teves.
Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation. All alumni football players are encouraged to register online so they can be contacted for future gatherings and fundraisers supporting the current KS football program and KAPF. The Web site address is:
(www.leaguelineup.com/ warrioralumnifootball). Alumni contacts are Casey Kunitomo ’77 (kckunitomo@ hotmail.com), Malcolm Lutu ’80 (mallutu@hawaiiantel.net), and Boyd Yap ’80 (yapyapb003@ hawaii.rr.com).
Photos from the first Warrior Alumni Football Club event can be viewed at http://dtech.exposuremanager. com/g/st_john_bosco__ kamehameha.
“Lamalama ‘o Waikı¯kı¯” Helps Fund Native Hawaiian Ho‘okipa Scholarship
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t was truly a magical night in Waikïkï on Aug. 21, 2008 when the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association (NAHHA), the UH-Mänoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM) and Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation (KAPF) hosted a grand fundraiser at the newly renovated Royal Hawaiian Center. The event, “Lamalama ‘o Waikı¯kı¯,” which translates to “Glowing Waikı¯kı¯,” was a fundraiser to establish a new scholarship for Native Hawaiian students pursuing leadership careers in Hawai‘i’s visitor industry. Nearly 400 people attended, many from Hawai‘i’s visitor industry, as well as representatives from the business and Hawaiian communities. Attendees enjoyed food, drinks, entertainment and a private showing of “Waikı¯kı¯ Nei,” a new and exciting theatrical and multimedia show that is the brainchild of entertainment executive Roy Tokujo. “Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation was honored to partner with NAHHA and the TIM School in this worthwhile effort,” said Kalei Stern, KAPF’s executive director.
Kamehameha Schools alumni in the cast and crew of Waikı¯kı¯ Nei, from left: Kamalu Miller ’05, Ron Wong ’92, John Iese ’93, Micha McPeek ’07, Kealoha Kelekolio ‘65, Delys Recca ‘04, Fred Cachola ‘53 and Guyton Galdeira ‘04.
“Proceeds from the event will allow us to offer a Native Hawaiian Ho‘okipa Scholarship next fall. We’re eager to help prepare well-qualified and deserving Hawaiian students for the leadership opportunities
Hawai‘i’s visitor industry has to offer.” The event raised just over $60,000 to endow the scholarship, which will make its first award next fall. For more information about
KAPF post-high school scholarships, visit www.pauahi.org.
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