Kamuela Liquor Store, which just celebrated its 65th anniversary, is joining several other Waimea businesses and restaurants including Hawaiian Style Cafe and Blockbuster in sponsoring a "Giving Tree" to encourage customers and friends to contribute "absolute necessities" to support working families who cannot afford "the basics" this holiday season. Suggested donations include canned spam and other protein meals-in-a-can, rice, toilet paper, toothbrushes and hygiene products, or gift cards from KTA, Foodland, local outlets and local gas stations.
Customers are urged to bring items back to the store or to Waimea's "Giving Season" tree lighting at 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1, or the in-gathering on Waimea Christmas Parade day -- from 10 a.m.-4 .m., Sat., Dec. 3 at KTA's Waimea Center, where there will be all-day entertainment and a huge crafts fair leading up to the 51st Annual Waimea Christmas Twilight Parade at 5:30 p.m. Recipients of items are pre-screened for eligibility.
For information or to sponsor a family, or organize a food or toy drive at your school, church or neighborhood, call Rhonda Bell (880-1984) or Nancy Carr-Smith (896-2239). Pictured here w/ Kamuela Liquor Store owner Alvin Wakayama and staff member Alicia Brady is "Giving Tree" volunteer Kalae Kawamura.
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