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VIDEO: Buddy Perry Soccer Field Named In Emotional Event

by Big Island Video News
on Nov 30, 2016 at 12:56 am

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STORY SUMMARY

KEA'AU (BIVN) - Touched by the late, beloved soccer coach and Na Hoa O Puna founder, players and their families sang a song in Perry's honor and unveiled the new sign at Shipman Park.

Courtesy photo via Hawaii County: Buddy Perry and his players.

Courtesy photo via Hawaii County: Buddy Perry and his players.

KEA’AU, Hawaii – Beloved soccer coach Buddy Perry was memorialized in the renaming of the soccer fields at Shipman Park in Kea’au on Tuesday.

A grateful community gathered to honor the late founder of Na Hoa o Puna. Families touched by Perry over the years sang a song written about the man who fought bravely against ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, while inspiring the youth of Hawaii Island.

Dan Bielger speaks with the new Buddy Perry Soccer Field sign behind him

Dan Bielger speaks with the new Buddy Perry Soccer Field sign behind him

In the weeks prior, the community voiced their support for the bill to rename the fields at Shipman Park as measure passed through the County Council. Mayor Billy Kenoi even testified in favor of the ordinance.




Video from early November 2016 courtesy Hawaii County Council, voice of Sherry Bracken. Edited by Big Island Video News.


Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Buddy Perry, Na Hoa O Puna, Shipman Park

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