Bentos for Bob-Bob

Photo by RAIATEA ARCURI

Chef Alan Wong and Sodexo’s Reid Kusano thank University of Hawaii at Hilo student Dylan Sugimoto and others as they pick up their bentos Sept. 24 on the UH-Hilo campus. The “Bento Benefit for Bob-Bob” raised $2,500 to help support UH-Hilo’s equine program to fund medication, horse supplements and veterinary care for horses at UH-Hilo’s farm in Panaewa. In May, because of the Kilauea eruption in lower Puna, 22 horses and a mini-donkey “Bob-Bob” were displaced from their homes and fostered at the UH-Hilo farm. Their care has been provided by UH-Hilo pre-veterinary students and volunteers. The benefit is a partnership between UH-Hilo, Wong and the Adopt-A-Beehive with Alan Wong program, and Sodexo Dining Services.