Fellows mentioned in this story: Janice Ikeda
From Big Island Now:
Kaukau 4 Keiki, a summer food program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will once again provide free weekly meal kits with a focus on reaching children under 18-years old in rural communities statewide.
On The Big Island, the sponsor agency for the federal program since 2021 has been the nonprofit Vibrant Hawaiʻi.
Last summer, Vibrant Hawaiʻi distributed breakfast and lunch food supplies to an estimated 5,070 keiki from 33 sites across Hawaiʻi County during the six-week program.
Continue reading at bigislandnow.com.
University of Hawai‘i News — More than 100 volunteers gathered at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum in April for Lau Kupu Day, a community-driven conservation event hosted in partnership with Kupu, Hawaiʻi’s leading environmental nonprofit.