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A Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident picks out a shirt with Kaanalike volunteer Barbara Smith helping Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

A Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident picks out a shirt with Kaanalike volunteer Barbara Smith helping Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Kaanalike volunteer Debbie Yamashiro, left, helps carry a box of frozen meat for Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Norman Pacheco on Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Norman Pacheco, left, opens his door for Kaanalike volunteer Debbie Yamashiro as she delivers a box of frozen meat on Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Steve Taylor puts some fresh produce in a bag held by Kaanalike volunteer Renee Morinaka at the nonprofit’s giveaway Sunday morning. (LAURA SHIMABUKU SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY

Kaanalike volunteers sign in Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Steve Taylor before he gets items including frozen meat, fresh produce, toiletries, and other items Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Kaanalike volunteer Stephen Martin, left, holds a bag for Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Jean Sparks while she fills it with items provided by the non profit on Sunday morning. (Laura SHimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Kaanalike volunteer Stephen Martin, right, loads Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex resident Jean Sparks’ car with items from the giveaway Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Kaanalike volunteer Allan Jose pulls out a pork roast from the cooler to include with other frozen meet, produce and other goods given to residents of Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex in Kona on Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Residents of Hualalai Elderly Housing Complex pick out items ranging from fresh produce, frozen meat, mixes, and canned goods to toiletries and cosmetics at Kaanalike’s giveaway on Sunday morning. (Laura Shimabuku/Special to West Hawaii Today)