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Have a Rice Day

Donations of cash and rice helped feed the hungry in paradise.

Shown here, from left, are Jon Takushi, sponsor Starwood Hotels and Resorts sales manager; Anabel Lindsey, Hawaiian Tel FCU vice president of operations; Dick Grimm, Hawaii Foodbank president; Polly Kauahi, Hawaii Foodbank director of development; Gohan Da Hawaii Rice Guy; Randall Okamoto, Hawaiian Tel FCU vice president of lending; and Kim Bartenstein, Hawaii Foodbank food drive manager.

Food banks in Hawaii got to “Have a Rice Day” when they were presented $39,771.51 – enough to buy 66,286 pounds of rice – after a fundraiser by 29 credit unions from Oahu, Big Island, Maui and Kauai. Each credit union held rice-themed events during the “Have a Rice Day” program, including lunches, samplings and rice cooker giveaways. Helping things along was Gohan Da Hawaii Rice Guy (gohan is a Japanese word for “rice”).

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