Parker students, families, faculty and staff gathered on Nov. 25 to celebrate the school’s fourth annual Ohana Day. This celebration marked the end of a monthlong canned food drive by students which raised 4.75 tons of food. Donated items, plus $1,000 raised by Parker students in the National Art Honors Society, was split in half and donated to Annunciation Church’s Food Bank and Kokua Ministries at New Hope Church, both in Waimea.
Parker students, families, faculty and staff gathered on Nov. 25 to celebrate the school’s fourth annual Ohana Day. This celebration marked the end of a monthlong canned food drive by students which raised 4.75 tons of food. Donated items, plus $1,000 raised by Parker students in the National Art Honors Society, was split in half and donated to Annunciation Church’s Food Bank and Kokua Ministries at New Hope Church, both in Waimea.
More than 200 students in grades six through 12 spent the morning volunteering within the Waimea community. Students helped with improvement and maintenance efforts at the Waikoloa Stream, Waimea Elderly Housing, St. James Episcopal Church and Thrift Store, as well as around the school’s 23-acre campus.
Upon returning to campus, Parker’s extended ohana gathered outside the school’s 100-year-old Kahilu Hall for a short ceremony announcing the food drive totals. After filling three flatbed trucks with food drive donations, more than 320 students and their families enjoyed a meal together on the schools front lawn.