Mahalo everyone who supported my son @toa.mataafa and his football team this past weekend with their kalua pig fundraise...

Mahalo everyone who supported my son @toa.mataafa and his football team this past weekend with their kalua pig fundraiser. This group of young men are working hard to get to Utah in June to compete in a football tournament. Despite the way things have been this past year they are still pushing thru staying positive and trying to accomplish their dreams. When people say sports isn't important , isn't essential you are wrong. Alot of these kids especially here in Hawaii rely on sports as a way out. A sports schlorship to them means a chance to go to college something that wouldn't be financially available for alot of families that are struggling to stay afloat especially now.The academic schlorships are gone to with the failing distance learning and kids still not back in school . So when you speak about moving foward with "opening up" yet don't include the children, you are not thinking about what a future looks like. Kids are suffering irreversible damages , physical health declining,mental health declining and other devastating effects will affect them past this year. No chance to go to college, failing highschool no motivation with sports, proms , graduation canceled and stuck in a failing distance learning system means they will be stuck home, no jobs, forget being able to buy their own home or even renting one in our market, this is a perfect storm to turn good kids down the wrong path quickly. It's easier to build a strong child than repair a broken man, but some aren't seeing how this will be the case if we don't support our kids now, you may think it doesn't effect you because you can't see past the " case counts" but when the negative effects of all these mandates start trickling into your communities in the years to come you'll realize that we all should've spoken up earlier. Proud of this group of boys for refusing to become a statistic to the times. #greatestresource #kidsbeingkidsisessential #mentalhealth #physialhealth #sports #football