Food banks in Hawaii got to “Have a Rice Day” when they werepresented $39,771.51 – enough to buy 66,286 pounds of rice – aftera fundraiser by 29 credit unions from Oahu, Big Island, Maui andKauai. Each credit union held rice-themed events during the “Have aRice Day” program, including lunches, samplings and rice cookergiveaways. Helping things along was Gohan Da Hawaii Rice Guy (gohanis a Japanese word for “rice”).
|Each credit union gave away plastic rice paddles, imprinted withthe credit union's logo, to those who donated 20 pound bags of riceor cash equivalents.
|The money received and the rice donations from the two-montheffort were recently distributed to Hawaii Foodbank, Maui FoodBank, The Food Basket (Big Island) and Hawaii Foodbank – Kauai.
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