{"id":22860,"date":"2026-08-23T10:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=22860"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:26:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T20:26:23","slug":"2026-hidoe-to-begin-weekly-meal-box-distribution-for-children-in-ka%ca%bbu-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/2026-hidoe-to-begin-weekly-meal-box-distribution-for-children-in-ka%ca%bbu-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"HIDOE to begin weekly meal box distribution for children in Ka\u02bb\u016b communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education (HIDOE) will begin weekly distribution of free shelf-stable meal boxes to support children and families in Ka\u02bb\u016b communities as recovery from Hurricane Lala continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HIDOE expects to provide approximately 4,500 meals each week through three distribution sites in P\u0101hala, N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu and Ocean View. Each meal box will contain five breakfasts and five lunches that meet school meal nutritional requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meals are available at no cost for children ages 18 and younger. Children must be present at the time of pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distribution will take place from&nbsp;<strong>11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/strong>&nbsp;on the following schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wednesdays beginning Aug. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ka\u02bb\u016b High &amp; P\u0101hala Elementary School, old school gym<br><\/strong>96-3150 Pikake St., P\u0101hala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu Hongwanji Mission<br><\/strong>95-5695 Hawai\u02bbi Belt Road, N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursdays beginning Aug. 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>St. Jude\u2019s Episcopal Church<br><\/strong>92-8606 Paradise Mauka Circle, Ocean View<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weekly distribution is part of the Department\u2019s ongoing effort to support students and families while regular school operations remain disrupted in the area. HIDOE food service employees are being deployed to prepare, transport and distribute the meal boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distribution will continue weekly until further notice. Families should monitor communications from their schools and HIDOE for any changes to the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260823-Meal-Boxes-Distribution-Flyer2-1000-x-600-px.jpg\" alt=\"Flyer with meal box distribution dates for children 18 and younger. Every Wednesday at Ka\u2018\u016b High &amp; Pahala Elementary and N\u0101\u2018alehu Hongwanji Mission and every Thursday at Ocean View St. Jude\u02bbs Episcopal Church in Ocean View from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.\" class=\"wp-image-22867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260823-Meal-Boxes-Distribution-Flyer2-1000-x-600-px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260823-Meal-Boxes-Distribution-Flyer2-1000-x-600-px-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260823-Meal-Boxes-Distribution-Flyer2-1000-x-600-px-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/20260823-Meal-Boxes-Distribution-Flyer2-1000-x-600-px-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meals are available at no cost for children ages 18 and younger. Children must be present at the time of pickup.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":16859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"856,888,893,1022,1619,1622","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-homepage","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":32,"label":"Featured - Homepage"},{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HIDOE-Logo-Featured-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Stanley Lee","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/author\/stanley-leek12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":32,"name":"Featured - Homepage","slug":"featured-homepage","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":32,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":32,"category_count":1,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Featured - Homepage","category_nicename":"featured-homepage","category_parent":0},{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":354,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":354,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-30 13:57:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}