LIHUE When school starts in the fall, the Kauai Independent Food Bank will be servicing more than 20,000 of Kauais keiki, according Frank Ranger.� Ranger, the director of the KIFB, said approximately 5,100 keiki will be served at five locations on the Westside in collaboration with the Boys & Girls Club through the Keiki Cafe after school program and the backpack program, which offers keiki weekend snacks and meals, during the weekends.
An additional 11,900 keiki will be served through seven locations on the central and Eastside areas in collaboration with the Kamaaina Kids A+ after school and Keiki Cafe programs.
More keiki, approximately 320, will be served through the YWCA of Kauai Keiki Cafe program at two locations, and 650 keiki will be fed through weekly backpack programs in Hawaiian charter schools.
Ranger told representatives of the credit unions on Kauai that the results of the island-wide credit union food drive will help with these programs as well as the Kupaa Kokua Kupuna program for seniors 60 years and older.
The credit unions finished its two-week food drive, ending June 28, with a total collection of 4889 pounds of food and more than $6,650 in funds.
Leading the six credit unions, the Kauai Community Federal Credit Union collected 5,000 pounds with $1,615.19 in funds.
KCFCU, Lihue East branch led all branches with 2,236 pounds of food and all of the funds collected for the KCFCU.
Garden Island Federal Credit Union followed with more than 750 pounds of food collected through its Lihue and Koloa branches and $4,075 in funds.
Other participating credit unions included the Kauai Government Employees Federal Credit Union, Kauai Teachers Federal Credit Union, Kaumakani Federal Credit Union, Kekaha Federal Credit Union and the McBryde Federal Credit Union.
