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KONISHIKI Kids Foundation raises $70,000 for Seven Leeward Coast Elementary Schools
(Receiving a “State Of Hawaii Recognition Award” on Monday March 17, 2008 at the State Capital)
2008/03/19 22:45:15
 LEEWARD COAST, HAWAII – Want to make a difference in your community?
Well-known Sumo Wrestler, KONISHIKI (aka Saleva’a Atisanoe), with his non-profit foundation, and with some help from private donors raised $70,000 for seven Leeward Coast Elementary Schools. The schools that he is awarding this monetary donation to have been working with his foundation for the past 11 years in many different activities to help promote education in the Leeward Community. Activities have included all expense paid trips to Japan for 35 kids from each these schools, participation in the Pan Pacific Festival in June, and some local community activities.
 KONISHIKI states that the “State of Hawaii Recognition Award only makes the kids in the Leeward Community look up to me as a role model and look toward his foundation for guidance and help when they are lost. Being that the Leeward Coast is always looked upon negatively, one of our goals as a foundation is to change that image and give our youths a fair chance in the Hawaii’s education and working society. This award makes those youths feel like they can accomplish a lot if they have a dream to go for, have a balance life which includes Family and Friends, and learn to value what they already have. That is the motto I live by everyday and I have succeed in what I do.”
This year because KONSIHIKI wanted to accomplish some personal goals and has been in Hawaii more than Japan, he felt that he still wanted to do something to give back to the Leeward kids and met with the principals of the seven elementary schools. The foundation believes that the seven elementary schools deserve everything they need to keep the young ones dreams alive. So we are awarding each of them with a $10,000 check to be used for books, supplies or computers. The seven elementary schools that are involved with the KONSIHIKI Kids Foundation are: Makaha Elementary, Leihoku Elementary, Nanakuli Elementary, Nanaikapono Elementary, Waianae Elementary, Maile Elementary, and Kamaile Pulic Charter School.
 KONISHIKI has always believed that he wanted to make an impressionable impact on the kids in his community at an age that they could change their lives. We have seen this with many of our Konishiki Kids alumni that have graduated and are making a difference in their own lives as well as others. The foundation truly believes that everyone should be given a chance to have a dream and be able to pursue it. Every kid that has been touched by KONISHIKI and his foundation now has his or her dream to make into a reality.
 [House of Representatives]
House Resolution No.314
»COMMENDING Saleva'a fuauli atisano'e, also known as konishiki, for his contributions to the sport of professional sumo wrestling and for supporting his community on the leeward coast.
Hawaii House Blog
»Big Man, Big Heart
[Media Coverage]
Honolulu Advertiser
»Sumo wrestler Konishiki honored at state Capitol
KHON2 FOX
»Konishiki going strong after gastric bypass
KHNL News8
»Konishiki Honored for Community Work
For more information on KONSIHIKI KIDS FOUNDATION please contact us.
ABOUT KONSIHIKI KIDS FOUNDATION
The Konishiki Kids Foundation is a non-profit organization (501C3) that was created to help broaden the horizons of the Leeward Coast children to make a difference in their community. We are supporting to provide children in Hawaii an opportunity to see Japan and to experience what it's like to be in a different culture, and to learn how important it is to have a dream, to make efforts to improve their life and to respect their family.
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