The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation’s Fa’a Samoa Initiative will be starting next week Tuesday — June 23— and finishing up on Friday June 26 this year. The local organizers of the Fa’a Samoa Initiative would like to announce the aiga bus pick-up schedule, which is free of charge to all of the Fa’a Samoa Initiative participants in the Academic, Volleyball and Football Camps, so they are able to travel to and from their campsites easily.

Starting Tuesday June 23, seven aiga buses will be going from Tula Elementary School and will be picking up participants along the way to the new Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs Center in Pago Pago, Samoana High School, American Samoa Community College (ASCC) and the Sports Complex Veterans Memorial Stadium. Later, the buses will return participants, ending up at Tula Elementary.

The aiga buses are scheduled to depart Tula Elementary starting at 6:00 a.m. and every half hour after that until 1:00 p.m.

Also on Tuesday June 23, five aiga buses will begin from Poloa in the far western district, and will be picking up participants along the way to the Stadium and to ASCC, later returning them back to Poloa.

Aiga buses are scheduled to depart Poloa (Lotu Taiti) at 6:00 a.m. and every half hour after that until 2:00 p.m.

You can pick up copies of the bus route schedule from the American Samoa Department of Education main office in Utulei at the front desk starting today. For questions you can call Lasi Betham at 733-2575, or Mua Moliga at 256-6416.

The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation’s Fa’a Samoa Initiative implemented the camp in the territory to create positive changes here in American Samoa. The three tiered program will be offering an academic division, an athletic camp (football and volleyball) and a medical mission.

Read last Friday’s June 12 print of Samoa News, or read online at: www.samoanews.com for the full story on this year’s 2015 Fa’a Samoa Initiative.