Radio personality Tommy “Kahikina” Ching, the longtime ambassador of the Feed-A-Thon, a benefit for The Food Basket, will be at KTA grocery stores on Hawaii Island today, Thursday and Friday collecting food and monetary donations.
Radio personality Tommy “Kahikina” Ching, the longtime ambassador of the Feed-A-Thon, a benefit for The Food Basket, will be at KTA grocery stores on Hawaii Island today, Thursday and Friday collecting food and monetary donations.
The Feed-A-Thon concludes Saturday with collections from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sack N Save and Foodland stores throughout the island.
Hawaii Island’s food bank, The Food Basket, serves 1 in 5 residents islandwide through a network of 80 partner organizations.
The goal for the 14th annual Feed-A-Thon is to bring in enough food and money to provide 100,000 meals to feed the county’s most vulnerable residents.
With 1 in 4 children on the island eligible for free and reduced school meals, this annual event provides delivery of emergency food to needy families throughout the challenging summer months when school is not in session.
En Young, executive director of The Food Basket said, “Tommy has been a friend of The Food Basket for a long time. We are very fortunate to have a partner like him who understands how our food and cash fluctuate within the year.
“Although we’re very busy during the holidays with donations, most of our work is supporting the many organizations who want to give only during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
“Tommy doing a drive in the middle of the year helps us so much to prepare for The Food Basket’s most critical need period; when children are getting out of school and do not receive their lunch.”
For more information about ways to help feed the hungry on Hawaii Island, contact The Food Basket at 933-6030, or visit www.hawaiifoodbasket.org.
Feed-A-Thon
Remaining collection times, dates and locations:
• 8 a.m -6 p.m. today at KTA, Hilo, 50 E. Puainako St.
• 8 a.m -6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at KTA, Keauhou, 78-6831 Alii Drive
• 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday
Sack N Save, Hilo, 250 Kinoole St.
Sack N Save, Kona, 75-5595 Palani Road
Sack N Save, Puainako, 2100 Kanoelehua Ave.
Foodland, Waimea, Parker Ranch Center
Foodland, Keaau, 16-586 Old Volcano Road
Malama Market, Pahoa, 15-2660 Pahoa Road