HONOLULU – Ke ʻimi nei ka US Department of Agriculture's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) i nā hui kākoʻo ma nā mokupuni āpau e kōkua i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā keiki ma nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa me nā meaʻai manuahi i nā mahina kau wela. Hāʻawi ka SFSP i nā meaʻai meaʻai e kōkua i nā keiki e aʻo, pāʻani, a ulu i ka wā hoʻomaha kauwela ke hele ʻole nā kula he nui. 

Hiki ke noi ʻia nā kula, nā keʻena aupuni, nā hale pule a me nā hui kūʻokoʻa e lilo i mau kākoʻo SFSP. Loaʻa i nā hui kākoʻo nā uku no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā meaʻai olakino a me nā meaʻai ma nā wahi i ʻae ʻia i nā keiki a me nā ʻōpio, 18 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku. Paipai ʻia nā mea kākoʻo e hoʻolako i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao a leʻaleʻa paha.

I ke kauwela o 2024, ua lawelawe ʻia nā meaʻai ma 120 mau wahi ʻaʻole HIDOE ma ka mokuʻāina, me nā wahi ma nā kula hoʻolimalima aupuni, nā hui ʻoihana ʻole, nā kula kamaliʻi, nā hale pule, nā paka, a me nā hale noho. Hāʻawi ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi i nā meaʻai me ka uku ʻole ma nā wahi kula 73 a me nā papahana aʻo ʻē aʻe ma Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui a me ka Mokupuni Nui ma o kāna papahana Seamless Summer Option i ke kauwela o 2024.

E alakaʻi ana ka Hawaiʻi Child Nutrition Programs (HCNP) i nā papa haʻawina no nā mea kākoʻo hou a hoʻi mai i Malaki. Pono nā limahana no ka lawelawe ʻana i ka SFSP e hele mai. 

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā SFSP, e kelepona iā Shaynee Moreno ma ka Hawaii Child Nutrition Programs ma 808-587-3600 a i ʻole ma ka leka uila ma [email protected]. 

ʻO USDA kahi mea hāʻawi manawa kūpono a me ka mea hana.