DAVID S. ISHII FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER

ISSUE NO. 11 April 2012

Through the Green

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anything different than everyone else for a living. It was not until his brother, Kyle, got interested in golf after receiving some hand-me-down clubs and friendly advice at Newtown Driving Range that Chad learned that Colan’s dad was a professional golfer.

It was around this time that Randy suggested to his sons that they might ask Uncle David for some tips. Chad remembers attending a Hawaii Pearl Open golf tournament to watch the pros for the first time and to see the game being played at such a high level.

At the Pearl Open, David soon had the boys putting on the practice green and—in typical David fashion—got their full attention by challenging them to make a putt for $20. Their interest piqued, the boys joined about

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Still going strong after 12 years, the continued success of the David S. Ishii Foundation can

be credited to the generous support of sponsors, donors and, very importantly, a dedicated corps of volunteers.

In the absence of paid staff, the annual DSIF tournament, for example, relies on scores of volunteers who smoothly execute the hundreds of tasks—from check-in, refreshments, scoring, prizes and silent auction to the presentation of scholarships—required to stage what some consider to be one of the best fundraising golf tourna-ments in Hawaii.

It would be natural for people to assume that the bulk of the Founda-tion’s volunteers came to know David and Lorraine Ishii through the game of golf or, maybe, baseball….

Baseball? To appreciate why base-ball is an important part of the story, you have to flash back some 20 years, when David and Lorraine’s son, Colan, was a youngster playing on an Aiea Little League team. One of Colan’s friends and teammates was Chad Yawata, whose father, Randy, helped coach the team.

Randy recalls that David, like other dads, used to help out whenever he could in spite of his full-time tournament schedule on the Japan pro tour at the time. “David is so unassuming, some of the other baseball parents didn’t even know who he was—that he was one of the top golfers in Hawaii and a big star in Japan,” Randy says. “David would come out and pull weeds at Waimalu field along with ev-eryone else, even if he had to leave for Japan that night or the next morning to play in some big tournament…”

Initially, even Chad didn’t know that “Uncle David” did

THE YAWATASWe Are Fa-mi-ly!

Job Title: Super VolunteersMembership: 5: (L-R): Kyle, Keith, Mabel, Randy and Chad YawataTerm of Service: Helpers for LifeJob Description: Whatever needs to be doneHours: Any time of day or nightSalary: NoneBenefits: Many

Mission of the David S. Ishii FoundationA non-profit corporation whose primary mission is to promote and advance the

game of golf, and to educate the public as to its benefits to society.

A Word About Our NewsletterThrough the Green is the official newsletter of the David S. Ishii Foundation.

The USGA defines the phrase “through the green” as “the entire golf course, except for tees, greens and designated hazards.” In tournament play, the phrase is used to mean that everything else is “in play.”

Through the Green is the Foundation’s way of saying to Hawaii’s young golfers: pursue your goals, play it as it lies, and strive to be the best you can along the way...

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David S. IshiiFoundation

P.O. Box 2927 Aiea, Hawaii 96701www.davidsishiifoundation.org

David S. Ishii Foundation Officers David Ishii: President

Lorraine Ishii: Vice PresidentFay Nagata: Treasurer

Board of DirectorsDavid Ishii: Chair

Warren Haruki: Vice ChairJay HinazumiArnold HiuraAllan Ikawa

Lorraine IshiiAnn Miller

Neal OkamotoElton TanakaTracy Tanji

Wendell TomAllan Yamamoto

Honorary DirectorGEN Eric K. Shinseki

Golf TournamentElton Tanaka: Director

David Ishii: Advisor

Tournament CommitteeDayton Asato, Marilyn Chinen, Misty Gier, Arnold Hiura, Eloise Hiura, Colan Ishii, Lorraine Ishii, Danny Lau, Chris McLachlin, Ann

Miller, Fay Nagata, Neal Okamoto, Bill Sato, Steve Shishido, Wendell

Tom, Allan Yamamoto, Guy Yamamoto, Pauline Yanagisawa, Rudy Yanagisawa, Chad Yawata

Yasuko Asada Memorial College Scholarship Committee

Dayton Asato: ChairPat Ariki

Jay HinazumiGail TamashiroBert Yamamoto

Pauline Yanagisawa

U.S. Boys Junior Amateur Travel Stipend CommitteeGuy Yamamoto: Chair

William SatoClark Miyazaki

John IshiiSteven Shishido

Newsletter & WebsiteMBFT Media, Editorial & Design

Obun Hawaii Group, PrintingUpspring Media, Website Design

Volunteering for Our YouthDavid S. Ishii

In this issue, I’m glad that we are able to say “thank you”—loudly

and clearly—to the Yawata family, our longtime friends and super supporters of the Foundation. By extension, we want to again express our thanks to all of the volunteers that have helped us along the way. Some of the key individuals are listed in the masthead to the imme-diate left of this column, including Tournament Director Elton Tanaka, whose dedication and hard work has kept the Foundation going for a dozen years now. More key volunteers are listed on page 3 of this newsletter.

For all of us, our motivation in supporting the Foundation is to help our youth. Guiding young people to become responsible adults through the game of golf has been the Foundation’s primary focus from the beginning.

Are we succeeding in our mis-sion? I like to think so. At the recently held Mid-Pac Open golf tournament, I played in a group that included high school aged players John Oda and Donny Hopoi. Not only are they very good golfers, but both have matured into very fine young men.

In fact, we now see young players par-ticipating in all of our tournaments—not just Junior Golf and HHSAA events, but in many of the mainstream tournaments as well, including the Hawaii State Amateur, Hawaii Pearl Open, Manoa Cup and Ha-waii State Open, amongst others. Hawaii golfers also represent the islands well as

they compete at the collegiate level, here and on the mainland. And, we see junior golfers participate in the Sony Open in Hawaii and on the LPGA Tour as well.

Golf is a way to shape the character and values of our young people, whether or not they pursue the game on a competitive level as adults.

I’m proud of many of our young players and I hope you will stick with us as we try to make difference the lives of others still on their way up.

President’s Message

David and his smiling group of young helpers at the first tee during the 2011 DSIF Tournament.

PLATINUMYoshie Yoshikawa

GOLDSportsMedicine Hawaii

SILVERBig Island Candies

Castle Resorts & HotelsECD Hawaii, Inc.

First Hawaiian BankFujitsu Network

Communications, Inc.

BRONZEActive Sportswear

Aisen Shiatsu SchoolAlaka‘i Mechanical Corporation

Allstate KahalaKeith & Bonny Amemiya

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Ameron InternationalBD LLC Unlimited

BRONZE (continued) BEI Hawaii

B. Hayman Co. (Hawaii), Inc.Bonded Construction Co., Ltd.Commercial Sheetmetal Co. Inc

Endodontic Associates LLCFetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific

Flora Dec SalesWarren H. Haruki

Hawaii Benefit Administrators, Inc.HHSAA

Hawaii Marketing AssociatesHawaii Pizza Hut & Taco Bell

Honda WindwardHSI Mechanical, Inc.

HSTA / Les MurashigeCarey & Iris Inouye

Japan Shiatsu CollegeJayar Construction, Inc.

JD Painting & Decorating, Inc.Kaanapali Golf Resort

Ted KatoKauai Producers, Ltd.

Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc.Gary Komoto of Morgan Stanley

John C. H. Lee, M.D., Inc.Thomas McCarthy/Wells Fargo

AdvisorsNaniwa-ya Ramen

Orthopedic Rehabilitation Specialists,Inc.

Pacifi c TransferRedondo’s, LLC

RK Sales Inc.Safeguard Maintenance Corportion

S & M SakamotoTamura Super Market

Elton T. TanakaTanioka’s Seafood & Catering

Tanji FamilyXpress Sports

YFH Architects, Inc.Randal Yanagisawa, MD

HOLE IN ONEBob Belbas / Honda Windward

EDY Co., Ltd. (Mr. Haruo Yoshikawa)

Mahalo! 2011 TOURNAMENT SPONSORS Mahalo!

Ron ChinenTy CubanRyan DiasAvery DunnRick DunnAdam ElaydoErrol ElaydoTed GanadeYvonne GanadeWatson GierGlenn HagiwaraGeorge HigaRay HigaZach HironakaHiro HosodaJoy InamineCheryl InouyeKensey InouyeRobb InouyeSara InouyeEthel Ishii

Anna JangJohn KaaikalaJacob KaneakuaJerry KashimotoKylie KashimotoKen KashiwagiBrian KauSusan KauAshlyn KawasakiCraig KawasakiAlice KimAnjela KimJean KurataniRegan LeeCody MachidaKen MatsugumaAnn MillerJoy MoriguchiSusan MoriguchiKayla MorikamiMichele Morikami

Kyle MorishigeEleanor NagataPearl Country ClubCart Attendants &MarshallsArlene RamosVance RibaoDonald SilvaDavid TamJoan TanjiAaron TomDayne WadaKazuto YamaguchiTerry YamamotoMarcus YamamotoMicah YamamotoCole YamaneKeith YawataKyle YawataMabel YawataRandy Yawata

2011 Tournament VolunteersSpecial Thanks

Art & SignsDayton Asato

Kevin CarllKyosuke Hara

Arnold & Eloise HiuraDean Ishikawa

Anna JangKeiri Kanbayashi

Alice KimObun Hawaii Group (Vince

Watabu)Pearl Country ClubGlenn Sakaguchi

Scott SimpsonMr. & Mrs. YoshikawaZippy’s Restaurants/A

Catered Experience

Adidas (Wendell Tom)Aisen Shiatsu School/Aisen Chiryo Doin

(Fumihiko Indei)Alaka‘i Mechanical Corp. (Hideo Mizutani)Alan Wong’sAloha Shoyu (Brian Tanigawa)Anheuser BuschMasaki Arakaki & Shizuko MatsumotoNorman & Sue AsaoDayton AsatoBig City Diner (Mark Sasaki)Big Island Candies (Allan Ikawa)C.S. Wo & Sons Ltd. (Michael Wo)Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Jeff Fukui)Castle Resorts & Hotels (Mike Nitta)Stuart S.L. ChunClassic Resorts (Peter Rice)Cooke Island Distributors (Chris Wright)David’s Custom Roofing & Painting, Inc.

(David Leong)Des Mahoney Golf AcademyDole IDS (Bryce Zane)Dust-Tex Honolulu, Inc. (Kausuke”Ko”

Kuroda)Faye EastEwa Beach Golf Club (Liane Otake)The Experience at Koele/Challenge atManele (Doug Stephenson)First Hawaiian Bank/Brad HarrisonFootjoy (Keith Kodani)Chris FreasFrito-Lay of Hawaii (Damon Ng)Al FujisawaDel-Marc FujitaGermaine’s Luau Inc. (Toby Kusaka)Globeride (Hiroshi Sato)Golf Link, Inc. (Carol Arakawa)Grove Farm (Warren Haruki)Howard HamadaCraig & Karlyn HamamotoWarren HarukiMinoru Hatsumi (JPGA)Hawaii Kai Golf Course (Robbie Nicholas)Hawaiian Sun (Brian Tsuruda)Hawaiian Tel Federal Credit Union

(Norman Okimoto)HHSAA (Chris Chun)George HigaJay HinazumiHiroshi Eurasian Tapas (Chuck Furuya)

George HonjiyoHonolulu Country Club (Gary Brown)Toshio HosoyaHualalai Resort (Patrick Fitzgerald)David IshiiDavid Ishii & Reggie YoshizakiMr. & Mrs. Dean IshikawaIsland Air (Lesley Kaneshiro)Japan Shiatsu College (KazutamiNamikoshi)K & S Golf (Henry Kominaka)Kaanapali Golf Courses (Ed Kageyama)Kahili Golf Course (Rick Castillo)Micky KanemaruKapalua Golf (Mike Jones)Kauai Lagoons Golf Club (Brad Snyder)Walter KawakamiKiahuna Golf Club (Matt Torry)King Windward NissanKo Olina Golf Club (Greg Nichols)Koa Trading Co., Inc. (Peter Yukimura)Kona Country Club (Peggy Ciriako)Kop Distributors (Brandan Kop)George KrasonKTA Super Stores (Barry Taniguchi)Andy & Kimmy KuboMassy & Margie KuramotoKyoya Hotels & Resorts, LP (Jason Ito)Makaha Valley Country Club (Russell

Hirata)Makalei Golf Club (Ross Birch)Makena Beach & Golf Resort (Eliot

Gouveia)Maui Lani Golf Course, LLC (David

Gleason)Mauna Lani Resort (Tom Sursely)Tom McCarthyChris & Beth McLachlinMenehune Water Company (Darryl

Otaguro)Greg Meyer (JGTO)Mid Pacifi c Country Club (Tim Dietrich)Ken & Michele MorikamiMel NagataNoguchi & Associates, Inc.Oahu Interscholastic Assoc.Ono Hawaiian Food (Toyo)Olomana Golf Links (Norman Ganin-Asao)Dr. & Mrs. Michael OridePaul “Scotty” Paiva

Paradise BeveragesPing (Joey Castillo)Poipu Bay Golf Course (Jun Fukada &

Craig Sasada)Samuel PrattPrinceville Golf Courses (Steve Murphy)Pukalani Country Club (Ron Huff man)Dianne ReillyRoger Dunn Golf Shops (Derek Claveran)Romano’s Macaroni Grill (Jennifer

DiPietro)Roots & Relics (Keith Tanaka)Safeguard Maintenance Corporation (HT

Brown)Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Bar (DK

Kodama)Shingon Shu Hawaii (Rev. Reyn Yorio

Tsuru)Paul & Carol ShinsekiScott & Cheryl SimpsonSN Golf (Scott Nishimura)Roy SonomuraPaul SugimotoDr. Ryan SumidaTamura Super Market (Cliff Tamura)Tanioka’s Seafood & Catering (Mel

Tanioka)Keith TeranishiTip Top CaféTitleist (Hawaii) (Neal Takara)Gerald TomosawaAnna Umemura MurataWaialae Country Club Golf Shop (Ray

Suzuki)Waiehu Golf Course (Art Rego)Waikele Golf Club (Darryl Lambert/Brian

Matterson)Waikoloa Kings’ Course (Scott Head)Wailea Golf Club (Anne Takabuki)Wailea Old Blue LLC (Barry Helle)Dee Dee Wilson KrasonRenee YanagisawaRudy & Pauline YanagisawaRandy & Mabel YawataVincent YimReggie YoshizakiNobu Yuhara (JPGA)Zippys Catering Experience

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Mahalo! 2011 DSIF Tournament Donors Mahalo!

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The DSIF Yasuko Asada Memorial College Scholarship Awards were

presented at the 11th Annual DSIF Golf Tournament held on June 16, 2011, at the Pearl Country Cub.

Starting in 2011, the foundation began granting two scholarships (one boy and one girl) valued at $4,000 each. Checks of $1,000 will be made payable to the awardee and his/her school each year that the recipient attends for a total of four years. Verification of student status will be required each year. This year’s winners are:

Justin T. Uegawa (Kapaa High School)attending: Willamette University

Catherine Kim (Kalani High School)attending: Stevens Institute of Technology

The DSIF scholarship program is dedicated to the memory of longtime friend and supporter, Ms. Yasuko Asada. The awards are intended to encourage the pursuit of higher educational by members of high school golf teams in Hawaii who have demonstrated a high level of academic achievement.

Eligibility: Applicants must graduate high school in the

2011 Yasuko Asada Memorial College Scholarships

The DSIF Boys U.S. Junior Amateur travel stipend provides assistance to male junior golfers who qualify to compete in the national amateur championship. Female golfers receive financial support from the Hawaii State Women’s Golf Association.

In 2011, Lorens Chan and Aaron Kunitomo qualified to play in the USGA Jr. Amateur golf tournament held at the Olympic Course, Gold Mountain Golf Club, Bremerton, Wash., in July.

Chan and Kunitomo earned their place in the tournament at the USGA Junior Amateur sectional qualifier held June 20-21 at the Princeville Makai Golf Club on Kauai (photo, right).

The DSIF helps to subsidize the cost of travel up to $500 per golfer. Applicants must submit a completed application and tournament entry form. Recipients must also turn in a written report within 30 days of the tournament completion.

For additional information and to an download an application, go to www.davidsishiifoundation.org, or contact Guy Yamamoto, DSIF Boys Junior Amateur Travel Stipend Committee Chair, at 688-2104.

2011-2012 academic school year, be an active member of a high school golf team in Hawaii, and plan to attend college full-time leading to a baccalaureate (four-year) degree at an accredited college or university located within the United States.

For information and application forms, please visit www.davidsishiifoundation.org. Questions can be directed by email to: Dayton Asato, DSIF College Scholarship Committee Chair, at: d810@yahoo.com).

Boys U.S. Junior Amateur Travel Stipend

(L-R): Mary Bea Porter King, Alex Nakajima (Troon Golf), Aaron Kunitomo, Lorens Chan, Stephen Perry and Cathy Torchiana.

(L-R): DSIF Scholarship Committee Chair Dayton Asato, Justin Uegawa, Catherine Kim and David Ishii at the 2011 DSIF Tournament banquet.

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2011 DSIF/HHSAA State Golf Championships

Girls: May 3-4, 2011 Waikoloa Village Golf CourseBoys: May 10-11, 2011 Waikoloa Village Golf Course

Moanalua sophomore Eimi Koga overcame tough competition and extremely blustery winds to capture

the girls individual title at the 2011 David S. Ishii Foundation/HHSAA Girls Golf Championship at the Waikoloa Village Golf Course on the Big Island of Hawaii last May.

Koga, a two-time Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) title holder, was tied with defending state champion Cassy Is-agawa, a senior at Baldwin High School on Maui, as they reached the final hole of the tournament. Koga made par while Isagawa bogeyed the hole to finish in a tie for second with Iolani junior Marissa Chow.

Wind gusts upwards of 35 mph “felt like 100” according to a number of the players, placing a premium on solid ball-striking and mental toughness under adverse conditions.

Punahou senior Alina Ching finished fourth and led her team to its fifth consecutive team title. Ching’s score, along with those of Kacie Komoto, Cyd Okino and Michelle Condry, combined for a team total of 458—nine strokes better than Waiakea and 10 ahead of Baldwin.

The scenario was reversed the following week at the David S. Ishii Foundation/HHSAA Boys Golf Championship, also held at the Waikoloa Village Golf Course. Iolani junior Lorens Chan took the boys individual title handily, while the team competition went down to the wire.

Chan, two-time Hawaii State Amateur champion, set a torrid pace with an opening round of 6-under-par 66, followed by a 67 on the final day to win by four shots over Moanalua’s Tyler Ota and Punahou’s Kalena Preus.

The boys team title, on the other hand, was not decided until the final group putted out on the final green. Punahou was locked in a nip-and-tuck battle with both Moanalua and Iolani until Preus

Sportsmanship and comraderie reign amongst competitors at the boys event.

David congratulates the top individual girls finishers.

2011 Girls Individual Top 10Eimi Koga (Moanalua) 70-77—147Marissa Chow (Iolani) 74-74—148Cassy Isagawa (Baldwin) 72-76—148Alina Ching (Punahou) 72-77—149Alice Kim (University High) 78-72—150Kelli Oride (Kauai) 79-75—154Nani Yanagi (Waiakea) 78-76—154Monique Ishikawa (Kalaheo) 79-76—155Shannon Abarra (Kamehameha-Maui) 74-81—155Kacie Komoto Punahou) 77-79—156Ciera Min (Waiakea) 77-79—156Cyd Okino (Punahou) 77-79—156

2011 Girls Team Top 5Punahou (Alina Ching, Michelle Condry, Kacie Komoto, Cyd Okino, Maggie Min)—458Waiakea (Ciera Min, Nani Yanagi, Megan Kimura, Shaina Mizusawa, Alison Tengan)—467Baldwin (Cassy Isagawa, Kalea Heu, Marissa Uradomo, Kimberly Miyamoto, Biana Armanini)—468Kauai (Kelli Oride, Daesza Tomas, Taylor Viquelia)—475Moanalua (Eimi Koga, Christine Kobashikawa, Elizabeth Shishido, Ashley Yuen)—492

drained the winning birdie putt to give the Punahou boys a one-shot victory over Iolani and two over Moanalua. It was Punahou’s third title in four years.

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Eimi Koga of Moanalua captured the girls individual title.

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State Golf Championships

Save This Date!Thursday, June 14, 2012

12th Annual David S. Ishii Foundation Golf TournamentPearl Country Club

(Right) Hungry golfers dig into the delicious dinner prepared by Pearl Country Club.

(Bottom-right) Golf-ers acknowledge some of the tee sponsors of the tournament.

2011 Boys Individual Top 10Lorens Chan (Iolani) 66-67—133Tyler Ota (Moanalua) 70-67—137Kalena Preus (Punahou) 67-70—137Thayer Schmitz (St. Louis) 69-70—139Alex Chiarella (Seabury Hall) 71-70—141Michael Fan (Kamehameha-Oahu) 68-73—141Donny Hopoi (Kamehameha-Oahu) 69-73—142Zack Braunthal (Punahou) 69-73—142Chad Suzuki (Waiakea) 74-68—142Rudy Cabalar (Campbell) 70-72—142Aaron Kunitomo, (Kamehameha-Maui) 71-71—142

2011 Boys Team Top 5Punahou (Zack Braunthal, Brian Lee, Grant Natori, Kalena Preus, PJ Samiere, Kai Hayashida)—574Iolani (Lorens Chan, Trey Kidd, Elliot Le, Reo Saito, Reese Suzuki, Eric Le)—575

Moanalua ( Jared Flores, Sueng Jae Maeng, John Oda, Tyler Ota, Jefferson Yee, Casey Arakaki)—576Waiakea (Kris Ishibashi, Chad Suzuki, Casey Tamura, Dalen Yamauchi, Matt Camacho, Ossian Maruyama)—581Lahainaluna (Tyler Armijo, James Horton, Noah Klipstein, Malu Rosenthal, Rhett Wiseman)—602

Photos from 11th Annual DSIF Tournament

(Right) Spanning three generations, David’s No. 1 sup-porters: mother, Ethel, stepdaugh-ter, Misty, and son, Colan.

(Right) Top 10 teams draw lots for great prizes. Every team gets some-thing good!

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four other youngsters in comprising Pearl Country Club’s inaugural junior golf class taught by Beau Yokomoto and Clark Miyazaki.

Meanwhile, Chad and Colan became fast friends, as did the entire Yawata and Ishii ohanas. “They did so much for us,” Mabel Yawata explains. “We go to their house, the kids sleep over, or we go out to dinner…” The families have shared trips together, traveling to the Neighbor Is-lands, Japan, and even a very memorable trip to Scotland when David was invited to play in the Senior British Open at Turnberry. “He has literally shown us a different side of the world,” Randy says.

Lorraine has a special category for the Yawatas, call-ing them “Super Volunteers” who can always be counted on to step up and do whatever needs to be done, whether it is picking up prizes; preparing goodie bags; or folding, stuffing and collating mailouts.

“It’s a good thing I have a van,” Randy says, laughing. “We’re blue-collar volunteers—manual labor. Lorraine and David can rely on us, no matter what it is or what time. We do stuff like pick up water, soda and beer for the tourna-ment. On the morning of tournament, we go to their house to pick up the prizes and deliver them to the course, then we stay and set-up the tents... stuff like that.”

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The Yawatas...

Outside of golf, the families can laugh in recalling the time Chad had to answer a cry for help to catch toads that had invaded the Ishii’s backyard, or the time that Chad and Kyle had to rescue Colan when he almost fell into Pearl Harbor when they were teaching him how to ride a bike

Today, Kyle stays busy coaching various sports, includ-ing volleyball, basketball, baseball and flag football. Chad says he is “retired” from golf, but is often called upon to caddy for David. He likes it a lot better than playing. “I can’t hit it straight, so at least I can watch the ball go straight,” he quips. Chad’s “coaching,” he says, is limited to teaching Colan how to eat. After all, isn’t that what families do?

Mabel Yawata (second from left) joins other volunteers in hand-ing out snacks and bentos at the 2011 DSIF tournament.