PEARL CITY, Hawaii —At some points of the day’s competition, the crowd’s noise level could have rivaled a Hannah Montana concert, but this wasn’t a music festival with 20,000 screaming fans. It was an elementary school field meet and the kids were loud and motivated.
Eight elementary schools from the local area gathered at Pearl City High School’s athletic facility for their annual field meet May 5. As a part of the Adopt-a-School program, 13 Marines and two sailors from U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific came out to support their respective schools of Pearl City Elementary and Palisades Elementary and volunteered their services to ***ist with the competition.
“The Marines really helped out today and kept the kids moving,” said Susan Hirokane, Pearl City Elementary principal. “The kids made real connections with Marines.”
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05-08-2008, 08:00 PM
Marines pitch in as youngsters give all at field meet
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