Anonymous donor surprises nearly 2K kupuna with free groceries at Hawaii Foodland stores

[DeniseM]

Ahhh...what a nice thing to do!

Anonymous donor surprises nearly 2K kupuna with free groceries at Hawaii Foodland stores | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

An anonymous donor surprised hundreds of Hawaii’s kupuna at all Foodland, Sack N Save and Foodland Farms stores statewide today by covering the full costs of their groceries.

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[slip]

I saw that today too. That’s awesome!

There are Food Bank giveaways on Oahu three days a week and the lines are miles long.

 

[Lv2Trvl]

That is super.

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[Passepartout]

That's great. I had to check the definition of 'Kupuna' Google doesn't translate Hawaiian. Who knew? Turns out 'Kupuna' are 'honored elders'. In case you didn't know.

Jim

 

[Tamaradarann]

That's great. I had to check the definition of 'Kupuna' Google doesn't translate Hawaiian. Who knew? Turns out 'Kupuna' are 'honored elders'. In case you didn't know.

Jim

The formal Google definition may be "honored elders", however, in reality anyone who is an Elder is called a Kapuana. Since the Hawaiians have respect for Elders which may not be the case in other parts of the United States, in Hawaii "honored elder" is redundant but other places it is needed to show a level of respect.