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Residents Go Shopping!
Posted April 01, 2010
Today residents at both Hale Makua communities spent the morning doing some serious shopping.The craft and food sales were held on-site so that all residents could come to pursue and make purchases at their leisure. Food items included everything from fresh produce to banana lumpia, laulau, kalua pig, pancit, chow fun, and many baked sweet treats. Crafts varied from handmade jewelry to knit caps and intricate quilts.There were even potted lilies for sale. No one left empty handed.
I stopped Burno Wong to checkout his purchases, which consisted only of fresh produce – bell peppers, eggplant and garlic for a dish he was planning to make later. Ben Corniel bought a ton of food, literally, his shopping bag was really heavy with all of the musubi and cone sushi. Gloria Distefano picked out a my favorite knit cap made with a fabulous fuchsia, aqua and pink yarn. I even ended up buying some yummy boiled peanuts that the girls in Activities made.
The majority of the proceeds from the sale help to buy things for the residents, like bingo prizes, plants for gardening, etc.