Edison High Assistant Football Coach Leads Maui Relief Effort

Kody Afusia (C) and others participate in relief efforts to aid victims of the Maui fires at Edison High School in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2023. Courtesy of Kody Afusia

Kody Afusia is not likely to forget what he called “a super-fun” 31st birthday.

It was Aug. 11, three days after raging wildfires had devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui. Mr. Afusia was outside Edison High School in Huntington Beach, where he works as a special-education teacher and assistant football coach, spearheading a relief effort to aid victims who had survived the tragedy.