About Town: 8-10-16

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Therapeutic riding program seeks volunteers

Therapeutic riding program seeks volunteers

Therapeutic Horsemanship of Hawaii will offer an orientation and training for new prospective volunteers from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at Horseplay Equestrian Center in Honalo, mauka of Kona Coffee Villas. The center offers horsemanship and riding opportunities to children and adults with special needs.

Info: Nancy Bloomfield, 937-7903.

Tropical fruit growers meet

The West Hawaii chapter of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers meets from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers office at 81-6393 Mamalahoa Highway.

Nonmembers are welcome. All are encouraged to bring fruit to share.

Members will share experiences with types of propagation such as seeding, cuttings, air layers and grafting.

Info: Brian Lievens, president West Hawaii Chapter, 895-8753, greenwizard@hawaii.rr.com or Ken Love, executive director, 323-2417, kenlove@htfg.org, hawaiitropicalfruitgrowers.org.

Summer lunch program a success

Kona Pacific Public Charter School, along with program partner Hawaii Island Youth Corps, served more than 10,000 free lunches to children this summer through the Mobile Summer Lunch Program.

The lunches were delivered to nine sites throughout West Hawaii throughout June and July, and to three short-term sites.

Hawaii Island Youth Corps mobilized 12 volunteers to assist with lunch distribution and eight community partners stepped up to help fight childhood hunger over the summer when schools were closed.

Kona Pacific Public Charter School offers a comprehensive Waldorf educational program. The school operates the WHOLE Food Service Program, which provides daily healthy meals for more than 650 at-risk and disadvantaged students, young children and elderly.