Bentos for Bob-Bob

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.