In less than two weeks since their return, the Waipio Little League National Champions received more than $90,000 in donations to help with their travel costs.

"Wow," team manager Brian Yoshii said yesterday. "It’s unbelievable."

After the media reported the team’s travel costs, two funds were opened to help the 13-member team that won the U.S. championship last month before losing to Japan in the title game.

First Hawaiian Bank set up a fund after the team spent 26 days on the mainland, competing in the Western Region finals in California and the finals in Pennsylvania.

The bank’s fund, which started Aug. 30, had more than $65,000 in it yesterday, First Hawaiian Bank said.

All First Hawaiian Bank branches will continue accepting donations for the fund until next Friday. A check will be presented to the team during halftime at the University of Hawaii football game against Charleston Southern on Sept. 25.

Gov. Linda Lingle had a separate fund set up after hearing reports about the team’s expenses, said Chuck Cotton, president of the nonprofit Hawaii Children’s Foundation.

That fund, run by the foundation, had collected more than $28,000 by yesterday, Cotton said.

Cotton said the donations will be presented to the team tomorrow morning on the "Perry & Price" show at Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber in Waikiki at 8:45 a.m.

"It’s just tremendous," said Debbie Kushima, mother of Waipio player Tyler Kushima, who celebrated his 13th birthday yesterday.

"I think the humbleness was a big part and how they really played together," she said of why there was such an outpouring of support. "People said the type of boys that they are made them want to give more."

She said fans told her they enjoyed watching the team on TV.

"They know they really worked hard," she said. "They were practicing six days a week, but nobody complained. They just did what they had to do."

When the all-star team won the state championships, the families had about a week to prepare for the regionals in California, leaving parents little time to worry about expenses.

Yoshii said the team is still collecting receipts and calculating the team’s total expenses. He said teams that traveled to the mainland told him it cost about $8,000 to $10,000 per family.

"I would just like to say thank you," he said. "We’re just overwhelmed with the generosity that the state has given us."

He couldn’t say why the public has embraced his team.

"We must have really touched their hearts," he said.