NAWILIWILI — There are two schools of thought regarding the passing on of a lei. First, that the lei was given to one individual with love, and that passing it on to someone else is bad luck. The second is
NAWILIWILI — There are two schools of thought regarding the passing on of a lei.
First, that the lei was given to one individual with love, and that passing it on to someone else is bad luck.
The second is that the lei was given to one individual with love, and that if that one individual passes it on to someone else with love, the love is multiplied.
The second scenario is appropriate where members of the Zonta Club of Kauai are concerned.
By participating in a project to spruce up the Kauai Inde-pendent Daycare Services, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) Preschool in Kapa’a, club members qualified for a $10,000 grant from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s Weinberg Friends program.
That check was recently passed onto leaders of the Kauai Food Bank, who will use it for the Kids Cafe program that provides healthy meals to youngsters on the Westside.
The paint on the K.I.D.S. Preschool was barely dry when Zonta Club of Kauai President Melinda Uohara showed up Friday at the Kauai Food Bank with a check for $10,000.
Working under the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation program, the Zonta Club members showed up in numbers recently to paint walls and other portions of Kapa’a preschool.
Through the Weinberg Friends program administered by the Weinberg Foundation, members of an organization perform a community-service activity benefiting the poor or needy, and on completion of the service project, the foundation leaders contribute $10,000 to the charity of the service-provider’s choice.
The Kauai Food Bank’s Kids Cafe program was the beneficiary selected by leaders of the Zonta Club.
“This is our second year doing the program (Kids Cafe) that starts on (Friday), September 16, and this grant allows us to increase service so more kids can eat,” said Judy Lenthall, executive director of the Kauai Food Bank, in accepting the grant.
“Last year, the program provided meals three days a week, and with this help, meals will be expanded to five days a week,” Lenthall explained. “Additionally, the number of children will be increased.”
Mark Gregory, Kauai Food Bank board president, said that the Kids Cafe that operates out of a certified kitchen at the Boys & Girls Club, Waimea clubhouse, is the first and only program of its type in the state.
Lenthall said there are 1,200 similar programs across the nation, but the Waimea one is the only one in Hawai’i.
