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2 KAUA‘I MIDWEEK NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Note To Self
hile many of us enjoy the hol- idays with our
you, Hawai‘i Foodbank has partnered with supermarkets across the islands to hold the annual Check-Out Hunger program. From now until Jan. 20, shoppers can add a $5, $10 or $20 donation to their grocery bill when they check out at Big Save stores and Times Supermarkets on Kaua‘i.
I read a lot of self-help books. It started when I was about 10 and lived on Machinato military base in Okinawa. I spent my money at the base bookstore. I bought books
loved ones, 1 in 6 Kaua‘i residents will need to make impossible choices between food and other necessities.
‘Check-out’ This Holiday Fundraiser
W By Wes Perreira, director of Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i
The after-effects of COVID-19 continue to present us with a number of challenges, both as a community and an organization.
on how to develop your ESP (extra sensory perception) and cool stuff like that. My favorite book was Your Hidden Pow- ers by Michael Phillips. It was touted as “the book that can help you become the person you were meant to be. Discover your own potential — and learn how to use it!”
Although nutritious food is a fundamental human right, many individuals right here on our island are struggling with hunger. This holiday season, you can make a dif- ference in the lives of local families by supporting Ha- wai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i.
million pounds of food in the last year — with more than a quarter of that being fresh fruits and vegetables. While we no longer see the long food distribution lines that became so common at places like Vidinha Stadium during the pandemic, the problem of food insecurity persists.
include economic instabil- ity, a soaring inflation rate and high operating costs. With these obstacles and the growing number of individ- uals seeking food assistance, your support is as important as ever in helping us to pro- vide relief for families on Kaua‘i.
Contributions made during the Check-Out Hun- ger program will remain on Kaua‘i to assist local resi- dents. Although this is a hol- iday-focused initiative, we support kama‘āina through various programs year- round. To learn more about Hawai‘i Foodbank and other ways to get involved, visit hawaiifoodbank.org/kauai.
I guess it’s synchronicity that 50 years later my column sometimes appears next to Hawai‘i’s self-help expert, Alice Inoue. Besides reading her latest book, which is a collection of her best A Mindful Moment columns, I’m reading Tony Robbins’ recent book, Life Force. Plus, I have various phone apps that have tips and hacks on how to improve yourself. Believe me, when it comes to improving myself, there aren’t enough resources to cover my numerous flaws.
Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i provides assistance to the Garden Island to ensure no one in our ‘ohana goes hun- gry. With support from our staff, volunteers and agency partners, we distributed 1.4
The after effects of COVID-19 continue to pres- ent us with a number of chal- lenges, both as a community and an organization. These
As we head into the hol- iday season, we want to re- mind you that there are many ways to help, and all are ap- preciated. To make it easy for
One tip that I recently latched on to was to make a daily list of things you need to get done. As you complete each task, you cross it off your list. There is satisfaction in doing that, and I took to this method immediately. Now, I make daily lists to keep me on track. I keep a notepad on my desk and will jot down an item or two to remind me of important tasks or information.
At the end of the day, I’ll see what I’ve crossed off and then fold the slip of paper up and put it in my pocket as a re- minder that it’s incomplete. I do have some issues, however, that makes this method challenging. For one, I can’t read my own handwriting. Another is I use random abbreviations, so it takes a cryptographer to decipher what I wrote.
Then, there is just plain old stupidity. Like, I’ll jot down a phone number but no reference name. I have to call the number to find out who it is. The other week, I wanted to get my hair cut. I go to this Vietnamese barber named Ky (pronounced “key”). I met him when he used to work at Thom’s Barber Shop at Ala Moana Center. Since then, he opened his own place in Kalihi off of Vineyard Boulevard. And he still charges me less than $20 — plus I get some of my hair products from him like hair gel, which I actually needed more of. So, on my notepad I wrote “Ky gel.”
I went through my day crossing off each task but didn’t get to complete everything. I folded the paper and shoved it in my pocket. A few days later, my wife was doing the laundry when I heard her calling me to come to the laundry machines in our garage. She held up my paper and said, “Ron, why the heck do you have a note for K-Y Jelly?” I later decided to cancel my appointment with Ky. No sense get one haircut as my wife totally “bolo-headed” me.
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