THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
BRIGETTE: THANK YOU, LAUREN.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, OUR SPORTS
DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED A PORT --
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN KHON AND THE
L.A. RAMPS.
WE WILL BE SHOWING THE GAMES ON
KHON2, BUT THE RAMS WILL ALSO
HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE
ISLANDS.
JOINING ME IS THE FORMER MAYOR,
NOW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF HAWAII
LODGING AND TOURISM ASSOCIATION.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU IN THE STUDIO
WITH US.
YOU HAVE TO TELL ME ABOUT THE
L.A. RAMPS FOOTBALL AND CHEER
CLINICS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT
IT
IS POSSIBLE FOR THE RAMS AND
COWBOYS TO PLAY A GAME IN
AUGUST.
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, THE RAMS
ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO DO A FOOTBALL AND
CHEERLEADER CLINIC AT'IOLANI
SCHOOL.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IT FOLLOWS WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN DOING.
THE HAWAII TOURISM
AUTHORITY,
THE LODGING ASSOCIATION, AND THE
CONVENTION BUREAU ARE ABOUT
DEMONSTRATING WHAT TOURISM DOES
FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WE DO TO
GIVE BACK.
EIGHT TOP HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BECAUSE
THE RAMS SAID GIVE US EIGHT, SO
WE WENT WITH THE OPEN DIVISIONS,
THE TOP DIVISION OF TEAMS,
DIVISION I, DIVISION II.
WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE EVERY
COUNTY.
BRIGETTE: GREAT REPRESENTATION.
WE HAVE MAUI, HILO, KAWAI.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL ALSO
DO A CHEERLEADER CLINIC THAT
TAKES PLACE ONE DAY ON SATURDAY
FOR THAT K-8 DIVISION, AND 9-12.
BRIGETTE: THE L.A.
RAMS REALLY
PUTTING THEIR FOOTPRINTS INTO
THE SOIL HERE IN HAWAII TO HELP
OUT THE EXTRAORDINARY KIT WE
HAVE HERE.
THEY ALSO WANT US TO BE PART
OF RAMS NATION.
BY THE TIME WE ARE DONE, I THINK
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF RAMS
FANS.
THE OTHER PROGRAM THEY ARE DOING
IS THEY ARE CALLING IT CHARACTER
FOR CLEATS -- OR CLEATS FOR
CHARACTER, WHERE THEY WANTED US
TO PICK A SCHOOL IN THE AREA
THAT IS ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED,
WHERE THE KIDS MAYBE DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THEIR OWN
FOOTBALL SHOES.
SO THEY HAVE A PROGRAM
WHEREBY A
PLAYER WITH THE RAMS WILL BE
GIVING GOT --
GOING INTO THE
SCHOOLS AND SPEAKING TO THE
TEAM, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
GAME OF FOOTBALL, BUT
THE GAME OF LIFE.
THEY ARE
GOING TO DONATE
FOOTBALL CLEATS THAT HAVE BEEN
WARNED BY THE RAMS.
NOT AS MUCH, SO THEY CAN USE IT.
AND THEY WILL DONATE IT TO THE
HIGH SCHOOL.
BRIGETTE: YOU BRIEFLY TOUCHED
UPON THIS.
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY IN THIS?
THE ROLE OF THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO
GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS, AND
BUSINESSES.
WE WANT TO BRING EVENTS TO
HAWAII, AND THE COMMUNITY IS
FULLY BENEFITING FROM THAT.
THESE AGREEMENTS WITH OUR
KEIKI
ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
WE ARE THREE ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
BRIGETTE: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
THE CLINICS ARE TOMORROW AND
SATURDAY.
IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT
PARKING IS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
