Fill a Cruiser Food Drive this Friday at Costco
The third annual Fill a Cruiser Food Drive event will be held at the Kailua-Kona Costco warehouse parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Friday.
A collaborative effort between the Hawaii Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section, Costco, The Food Basket, and KAPA Radio personality Tommy Ching, the goal of the Fill A Cruiser Food Drive is to help provide food to island residents in need.
Police will have a marked police cruiser parked in front of Costco where members of Costco and the general public can donate nonperishable food items.
All donated food items will then be distributed to The Food Basket, which will in turn provide it to Hawaii Island residents in need.
This year, due to the tragic Lahaina fires, monetary donations for the Maui Food Bank will be accepted during the event. All money donated will go directly to the Maui Food Bank to assist in its efforts to help stem the increasing need for food assistance.
“During the COVID lockdown, we really saw the increased need for food assistance for our local community and kupuna, so we conducted the first Fill a Cruiser Food Drive with the ever-so-thankful assistance from the management and staff of the Kona Costco, who also realized the major need for this event and how it will positively help our community,” Officer Dwayne Sluss of the Kona Community Policing Section said in a press release.
The Kona Community Policing Section would like to express its thanks to Costco of Kona and its employees for their participation and to The Food Basket for all their hard work providing food to Hawaii Island residents.
Four Hawaii Island women progress in pageant competition
On Aug. 19, 13 Hawaii Island women competed for the in the Hawaii Island USA preliminary pageant in Kailua-Kona. Honokaa’s Hemi Martinez earned the title of Miss Hawaii Island Teen USA, and Zoe Sanatana of Waimea earned the title of Miss Orchid Isle Teen USA. The Miss Hawaii Island USA title went to Kona’s Leimakamae Freitas, and Jessica Ward-Ellis of Kawaihae received the title of Miss Orchid Isle. These four young women will represent Hawaii Island at the Miss Hawaii Teen USA and Miss Hawaii USA pageant in February 2024.
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