#kauai independent food bank

Nareit Hawaiʻi has awarded $120,000 in grants to five nonprofit organizations across the state to support community programs and food assistance efforts on Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, through the Chan Zuckerberg Kauaʻi Community Fund, recently awarded a total of $1 million to benefit 26 nonprofits as part of their ongoing support for organizations across the Garden Isle.

The company has been gathering food donations each September since 2015 under its Kamaʻāina Month Food Drive. Every Hawaiʻi resident who gives 10 cans of food during the drive receives a free zipline tour from the company.