HONOLULU — Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā hale ʻaina kula aupuni o Malaki a puni ka mokuʻāina i ka manawa e lawelawe ai i nā hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka laiki palai ham no ka ʻaina kakahiaka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūloko. 

I kēlā me kēia lā, hāʻawi ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi (HIDOE) ma kahi o 26,000 mau ʻaina kakahiaka - a i ʻole 4.6 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki kula - e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā haumāna i kā lākou lā me ka meaʻai e pono ai lākou e nānā, aʻo a holomua. Ke hōʻike ʻia nei kēia meaʻai kakahiaka nui ma muli o ka National Read Across America Week a me ka National School Breakfast Week, i hana ʻia i ka pule mua o Malaki. 

ʻO nā ʻoʻikika ʻōnaʻi kūloko, nā ʻano aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ʻike ʻia he ʻoi aku ka momona a me ka ʻono ʻala ʻoi aku ka ikaika, me ka spinach i kala ʻia i kēia kīʻaha leʻaleʻa a Dr. Seuss. Ma kahi o 145 paona o nā aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūloko e māhele ʻia a puni ka mokuʻāina no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kula e komo ana he 78.

Manaʻo nā haumāna a me nā mākua o Moanalua Elementary i ka ʻike hou aku i nā meaʻai kūloko i kā lākou meaʻai kula. 

"Manaʻo wau he mea maikaʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko i kaʻu meaʻai no ka mea a laila hiki ke ʻoi aku ka hou," wahi a Erin Nishimoto i ka papa ʻehā. “E ʻoi aku ka ʻono no ka mea he ʻono kūʻokoʻa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai hou."

"E kōkua ana ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā meaʻai kūloko i ke kula, kōkua i nā haumāna ʻē aʻe e ola olakino, a kōkua i nā haumāna e aʻo i ka ʻai ʻana i kā lākou mau mea kanu," i hoʻohui ʻia ai ka papa ʻelima ʻo Judah Logan. 

ʻO ka manaʻo o ka ʻoihana mahiʻai i ke kula e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka meaʻai ma Hawaiʻi a e kūlike me Kanawai 175, e kālele ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke olakino o nā haumāna me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mahiʻai kūloko. 

“He mea kōkua nui ia i ko kākou poʻe mahiʻai Hawaiʻi a e aʻo hou i nā keiki e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā mea i komo i loko o kā lākou meaʻai pū kekahi, a e hoʻohauʻoli iā lākou i nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina,” wahi a Kristyn Nishimoto makua ʻo Moanalua Elementary. 

Ua ʻae ʻo Charis Logan, kekahi makua ʻo Moanalua Elementary. “Maikaʻi ka hiki iā mākou ke kākoʻo i ka ʻāina a loaʻa i nā keiki nā meaʻai hou.

ʻO nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi ka mea kūʻai nui loa o ka mokuʻāina i nā huahana meaʻai, e lawelawe ana ma luna o 100,000 mau meaʻai haumāna i ka lā. Ke hoʻomau nei ka 'Oihana i ka hana pū me nā mea kūʻai kūloko a puni ka moku'āina e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā huahana kūloko hou ma nā kula āpau i ka wā e hiki mai ana.