Hundreds of people enjoyed a free Thanksgiving feast Wednesday at Kealakehe Intermediate School.
Hundreds of people enjoyed a free Thanksgiving feast Wednesday at Kealakehe Intermediate School.
At least 400 people were expected to take part in the Kona Task Force on Feeding the Hungry’s Meet event.
The task force is a community-based organization run by volunteers. To date, it has served more than 135,000 weekly meals through Meet and Eat, a program supported solely by donations.
Meet and Eat began in January 1993. The late community volunteer Ken Clewett and nine founding members created the program, choosing to hold the weekly supper in Kailua-Kona because of the nearby housing projects and high number of single parents with children. The first meal had 36 diners.