Waipouli Sheraton gives meals to associates

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Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach General Manager Chris Machorek greets cars arriving for the lunchtime meal and food distribution for the resort’s laid-off associates and their families Tuesday in Waipouli.

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Roberta Charles is among the volunteers from the Zonta Club of Kaua‘i and East Kaua‘i Lions Club who wait for the line of cars to move Tuesday during the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach associates’ meal and food package distribution in Waipouli.

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Kelvin Moniz of the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank, in black, accepts a $6,000 award from Lion Roy Nishida and the Lions Club Tuesday prior to packing food packages for Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach associates and their families in Waipouli.

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Volunteers from the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach executive committee and managers, the Lions Club and the Zonta Club of Kaua‘i wait in Waipouli for the start of the meal and food package distribution to associates of the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach that were laid off due to the resort’s closure during the COVID-19 pandemi.

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Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach chef Lucas Sauter stirs a batch of broccoli in Waipouli for the hot meal served to the resort’s associates and families who were impacted by the layoffs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Volunteers from the Zonta Club of Kaua‘i and the Lions Club pack food packages in Waipouli Tuesday during the meal and food package distribution for more than 150 associates of the Sheraton Kaua‘i Coconut Beach and their families.