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Advertiser Staff

Aloha Harvest says thanks

Aloha Harvest is grateful to 42 donors who gave 27 refrigerators and 15 freezers to 22 nonprofit emergency food providers. Donors range from families to hotels. Recipient agencies range from small churches to shelters like Hale Kipa, to larger food providers.

Since Sept. 11, the demand for emergency food has remained high. However, insufficient refrigerators and freezers limit the types and amounts of food that can be distributed by nonprofit food providers.

$10,000 grant given to charity

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii has received a $10,000 grant from the Cooke Foundation. The grant will be used to support the nonprofit organization's volunteer services program.

"We greatly appreciate the generous support of the Cooke Foundation," said Jerri Chong, executive director of RMHC. "Their assistance will allow us to better recruit, train and support our corps of volunteers, so that together we can provide much-needed services to the seriously ill children and their families who stay at Ronald McDonald House."

Since the Ronald McDonald House opened 15 years ago, nearly 16,000 parents and children from the Neighbor Islands and across the Pacific Rim have stayed there.

For details call (808) 973-LOVE.

Helping Hands gets software

Helping Hands Hawai'i has received a donation of Net services software from Novell, Inc.

"Helping Hands Hawai'i's mission is to strengthen our community by enhancing the quality of people's lives through the delivery of services and goods to those in need," said Louise Funai, president of Helping Hands Hawai'i.

Novell's product-giving program focuses on educa-tion, critical community needs and cultural development.