COIN donates
to local high school sports programs
by Brian Vitolio
Samoa Sports Reporter
Coaches of Influence
(COIN), made a donation of football and baseball sports equipment
to the local high school sports programs, May 6, 2008 at Veterans
Memorial Stadium.
According to
Hans Langkilde Jr., the group gave equipment in the past to the
island and their contacts back then were Mac Ane and Manny Atuatasi.
Langkilde said in an e-mail that when both of these individuals
left the island, contact with COIN was lost but then re-established
when Ane (living in San Francisco) hooked up with Dave Rowe,
a member of the organization.
Ane referred
Rowe to Clayton Mahuka, one of the local high school sports'
coordinators with the DOE Athletics Department. Mahuka got Victor
Langkilde involved and he sought the help of the Samoa Bowl committee
with shipping costs.
AIGA Foundation
became involved by packing the equipment and setting up the pick
up from Rowe's place, said Langkilde Jr. He said: "COIN
has a network of schools in Southern California that continue
to assist American Samoa when they can."
Reach the
reporter at sports@samoanews.com.
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