MAHALO FOR YOUR DONATION!
On May 12, 2020, we opened applications for the Kokua Restaurant Workers’ Fund and had more than 2,000 laid-off workers apply. The Kokua Restaurant Workers’ Fund was designed to help restaurant workers with a $250 Visa card to purchase meals for their families from local restaurants and establishments.
The Kokua Restaurant Workers’ Fund and #ALOHAChallenge raised $160,000 from over 230 donors to feed 640 restaurant and bar workers who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As you know, there is a long, challenging road ahead of us, and our team will continue to strive to help others, especially those in our industry.
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival has created the Kokua Ag & Culinary Fund to support programs that will help our agricultural, culinary and hospitality industries, and their employees, as we continue to provide relief to those in need and rebuild our economy for a more resilient and sustainable Hawaii.
If you are interested in joining HFWF to support Hawaii’s agricultural, culinary and hospitality-related organizations and individuals that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, please consider donating to the Kokua Ag & Culinary Fund.
Mahalo to our Donors
$25,000 OR MORE
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Foley Family Charitable Foundation
Hilo Fish Co., Kona Fish Co., Tropic Fish Hawaii, Tropic Fish Maui, Tropic Fish Kauai
King's Hawaiian
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
$24,999-$15,000
Destination Hospitality Group & Aurum Maui
International Site Foundation
Raphael Lunetta of Lunetta with Josiah Citrin of Citrin and Suzanne Tracht of Jar
ment'or Giving Fund
John & Bonnie Phillips
$14,999-$10,000
Au Bon Climat Winery
B. Patisserie
Bernardus Winery
The Cherry Company, Ltd.
Christopher and Joanne
Mark & Janice Dickson
iichiko USA, Inc.
Lynn & Jim Lally
Nobu & Yoko Matsuhisa
Roy & Denise Yamaguchi
$9,999-$5,000
Bill's Blend Wine
Casa Komos Beverage Group
Chef Works
Campari Group
Lehua Linen Supply
Life Community Church
Jonathan McManus
McNellie's Group
Keaka Robinson
SACYARD Community Tap House
Dave & Kat Uchimoto
Eric Ziebold
$4,999-$2,500
Admiral Travel Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
DBillian
Lee & Catherine Evans on behalf of our friends at Hotel Wailea
Flour Dust Pizza Co.
J Michael Hemmer
Hudson Valley Foie Gras
In remembering of Earl Livengood
$2,499-$1,000
Byron Ackerman
Sig Anderman
Association of Chinese Cooking Teachers, Inc. and Yan Can Cook, Inc
Brian & Maryann Barry
Carla & Richard Betts
Craig Bixel
Sharon Brown
C4 Table
Mary Campbell
Tony Caruso
Carlisle Winery
Meredith Ching
Coastal-Pacific Wine & Spirits of Hawaii
Crown Point Catering, Inc.
District Kitchen + Cocktails
Emeril Lagasse Foundation
The Fish Express Kauai
Food Fleet
Chris and Kristen Foster
Jackie Rey's Ohana Grill Hilo
For Grandma Jean
Hanaoka Farm
Edwin & Vivian Hayashi
Inter-Island Solar Supply
KK
Kauai County Farm Bureau
Kawamata Farms LLC
Shari and Bob Levitan
Alisha & Michael/Maison d'Amis
Manolis
MAPP
Marcel & Lynn
McKenna Family Giving Fund
Mick and Cindy McCaffrey
North Shore Cab Company
Old Thousand
Mark and Sharon Oldham
The Queensboro
Rail Trail Flatbread Co.
Rokaru Shabu Shabu
RYLA
Sandy and Dave
The Sitver Foundation
Stamps Design Group
Cynthia Takenaka
Alan Tada c/o Flowers Forever LLC
Kent Torrey
Vanderhooft Family
Mark & Karen Weber
Ron Wheeler & Etienne Taenaka
Wisconsin Ohana with Ono Kine Grindz LLC, Uncles David & Guy
Alan Wong Restaurants Inc.
Young Brothers, LLC
$999-$500
Bangkok Chef
Bar Kumiko
Rick Bayless
The Douglas and Inyoung Boyd Foundation
Brick and Dough/Montclair, NJ
J&C Briscoe
Veronica & Lance Brown
Dean & Gail Bunce
Cyril & Blakesley Chappellet
Cleary/Spear Family Fund
Cool Cat Cafe SLO-Pismo Beach
Shanny Covey
Cropsticks Inc
Pat & Debbie Delander
Dennis
Kim & Mohana Dissanayake
Egermayer Ohana
Catherine Faber
Former Pioneer Inn Grill Cook
Bonnie Fraser
Neal and Amy Fraser of Redbird
Geralyn
Globe Travel, North Bend Oregon
Doug & Shane Godfrey
Kay Goodsill
Gordon Ohana
Brandon Hamada
Stephanie and Pete Harris
HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union Foundation
C4 Hazama Ohana
Hitides Coffee - The Dawbarn Family
Jack & Carolyn
Jay
Joey's Kitchen, Napili - Thanks for making so many meals for the Lahaina folks. Mahalo.
John Anthony Family of Wines
Pam Kaneshiro
Kentros Ohana
Ann Kobayashi
Paul Lato Wines
MB Post
The Martin Family Houst
Mary
Mason Bar & Kitchen
Massanutten Resort
Mediahub
Freidalane Menezes
The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks
Patricia McCoy-Taylor
MIBE and Footers Catering
Novo Restaurant
Kit Okazaki
Dean J. Okimoto
Pat
People Function
Rooster Creek Tavern
Linda Sanpei
Leslie Santilli
Gladys Sato
Russell and Janet Sato
Emil Shallon
Sheila and Arpad
Mary Beth Shields
Aaron Silverman
Andrea McManus-Stare
Margie & Brian Starr
Susanne
Stacey Suzui
Adele M. Tennant
Dr. Walter Tom
Darren & Luly Unemori
Andrew Valdivia
Venus Spirits Cocktails and Kitchen
Mark and Jill Wambold
Dennis White
Leslie Sinclair von Wiesenberger
Yaris Ohana
Greg Young
Leslie Yuan and David Aaronson
$499-$250
Abaluche Wine Company
Abba Technologies
Cassidy Apo
Sharon Brown Bacon
Mason Bacot
Noel, Miguel, Leo & Izumi Bahamon
Shannon Bergau
In the Name of Bill Bradley
Barbara Brietigam
Mary Ann Byrd
Carrie
Darrell Cass
Jo Ann Chang
Chiasson Family
Chibi Confectionery
Chisolm Ohana
Citizen
Claudia Clearly
Christian Comito
James & Diana Crane
Creative Productions
Marcille & Kermit Crossland
John D'Amato
Deena, Joe, Jax, Jru & Jet Datu
Leiala Dentino
Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa
Terry & Jennifer Doty
Down The Hatch
Ernie, Lisa and Yumi
Rick Esposto
Kathy Fleming
Flying Saucer
Bruce Frame & Family
Nora Frazier
Friends in Los Angeles
Friends of Lunetta
From Your Brothers at Big Sky Cafe, San Luis Obispo, CA
Tim & Nancy Greenstreet
Terri & Bill Grover
The Hansen Family
Neil Hashimoto
Karen Henderson
Herbert Ohana Toad Lake
Herlinda
Paul Hodgen
Island Restaurant Concepts
Leigh Ito Ohana
Jasmine & Phil
Cindy Johnstone
Richard and June Kanazawa
Reid Kavieff
Hubert & Chantal Keller
Martha L. King
Kimpton Sawyer Hotel
Kip Koll
Vic and Cathy Labayog
Benson Lau Ohana
The Lau-Grover Ohana
Paahana, Aya & Baby Grey Leslie
Allegrucci Lisa
Luna Red
LynnM
Maddie & Kanaloa
Makaha Studios
Teal Marx
Teri Matsukawa
Sally McGill
MetroGrow Hawaii
Mike
B & I Mizuguchi
Greg Mowrer
Rick Nahmias & Stevel Kadel in honor of Clement Gossett & Minh Phan
Nina & Jean-Paul
Barbara O'Connor
Nick and Heather Panaccio
Vaibhav D. Panchal (The Quarterdeck Seafood Restaruant, Arroyo Grande, CA)
Peter and Jannette
Barbara Petersen
Chelsea and Jeff Peterson
Rebecca Pollack
Jeff S & Cheri Porter
Adrienne Radzvickas
Donna and Lyonel Reinhardt
Laurel & Craig Robertson
Erin Rose
Sandy
Sanger Family
Sallie and Scott
Shelly & Jared
Skurnik Wines & Spirits
Greg Smyser
Liz Stanton-Barrera
Dr. Frank & Linda Surdakowski
George Szigeti
Jeff and Samantha Szombaty
Sheri
Stephen Tevees
STHS Class of 73 Lake Tahoe
TGDG
Thank you RYLA
Sam Treadway
Uehara's
Wallaces
Walpole Family
Nicholas Whaley
Cory & Tanya Wheeler
Danni Williams
Marc Wims
Brooke Winter
$249-$100
A Friend
Shellie A
Adams
Melinda Adams
Nick Agrusa
Allison & Allen Anderson
Tom Anderson
Ann
Anonymous from Economy, PA
Bob Armstrong
Arthur
Allen & Corinne Arquero & Family
Masato Aso
Susan B
Andrew Baca
Memory of Frank Bauer
Caroline Bednar
Stan & Rosanne Beldowicz
Ben and Lex
Bernice & Mark Benedict
Lori Bergen & Charles Mangano
Paul Best
Beth & Joe
Deniz Bicioglu
Anne Bisio
The Blair Family
Janet Bliden
Debi Weiller Bock
Cindy Boese
Jonny Borok
Victoria Bouttavong
Patricia M Bradley
Nancy Bret
Donna and Aaron Bromley
Dennis Brophy and Cathy Gwinn
P. Brown
Kathleen Bryant
Kate Cagle
Steve and Irma Canzano
David Catalan
Sylvia Carter
Mark Ching
Lori Chung
Erin & Rich Clark
Cynthia
Teresa Daggett
Sally David
Bobbie Davies
DDM
DeFrate & Paavola, LLC
Demetra
Denise
Dennis & Chris
Dennis & Takako
The DiThomas Family
Alacia and Dave Eicher
Elisabeth and Roland from Germany, Hotel Wailea Guests
Herman A Ellis
Ellison Family
Eppes Essen Restaurant
Eugene
Fairweather Family
Tanya Feldman
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Finchler
Leah Fitzgerald
Christine Flynn
Thomas Fong
Linda Forsberg
Debby Foster
Lisle Friedman
Lynette Furuhashi
Gallagher Family
Gary & Barbara
J. Gaudet Associates
Roman Gaytan
Greg Gearhart
Allal Gogo
Karen Gold
Sharon Goldgar
The Goldman Family
Greenfield Klosowski Charitable Gift Account
Amy Guills & Jim Savas
Don Haaga Jr
Elaine Workman Hall
Mona Halverson
Daniel Hamill
Harbor Cove Lodge, Big Beach Lake, CA
Karen Harris
Constance Hardy
Lauren Hayutin
Jeanna Heck McCann
Karen & Dennis Heinz
Janice Heppe
Mona Kim Hernandez
Loreen Hillier
Kevin Hogarty
Hillary & Matthew Holian
Hospitality Veteran Praying for All
Hudak Family
Kathleen Hughes
Steven Hutton
J & C
Gerri & Steven Jacobs
Arnold Jacobson
Jacquie
Jama
Janet
Suzy Janson
Caroline Jared
Jim & his wife
Francis T & Lisa Jennings
Tammy Jo
Joe
Marilyn Johnson
Art and Linda Jones
Juan
Julie
Kanoelehua
Ron Kashiwase
Kazu
Keiko
Terry L Killian
Jill Kirk, Gina Hull, Terri Rabadi
Kokua Sun Care
Karen Kjarsgaard
Shelley Kleysteuber
Lisa Knapp
Knead Bagels
SiuYin Ko
Megan Koenig
Kovacs
Kushigemachi Family
Lana & Jim
Laura and Steve
Dat Le
Leah
Connie Lentz
Estee Levine-Little
Anita Lichter
Letitia Lindsey-Bennett
Kristin Lindow
Lisa
Lisa Liviakis
Lori
Lucille
JoAnna Lucsko
Kathy Mackie
Shannon Madison
Steven Mahoney
MAJ
Stuart & Wendy Malmid
Scott Malouche
Ruth Malyjurek
Maona Lunch Counter
Margaret
Susanne Margis
Mark
Chris Martindill
Gil and Melissa Martinez
In Memory of Helene & Marvin Master
Alberta McCabe
Rear Admiral Bill McDaniel
Timothy McFadden
Ken McFarland
Patrick McKenna
Rachel McNally
Janice McPherson
Lisa Marie Menegatos
William Merrill
Mia
Midwest Healthcare Consultants
Jill Miller
Lisa Miller
K&M Minor
Missy
Mizuno/Gerken Family
Kimberly Morley
Robert Joseph Morrow
Amy Muramatsu
Nadv
Ken Nagai
Steph Nagami
Nancy & Larry
Lisa Narrow
Lisa Nassar
Rosanne and Mike Ogles
Old Port Advisors/Fred & Sylvia Williams
Olivia
Sandi & Ish Ordonez
Margie Ortez
Patty P
Jill Palagi
Kathy Palmer
Lou and Carol Pavlina
Monte & Brenda Peckinpah
Erik & Cheryl Peterson
Pismo Fish and Chips
Leigh Plue
Debra Pollock
Louie and Margo Poloni
Denise Power-de Bray & Family
Prayers to Maui - Cat from Virginia
Preston Family
Randy and Lori
Ray
Renee
John & Sharman Reyes
Rich
Sally Richards
Elizabeth Ripotola
The Ristow Family
Miriam Rivera
Nicole Rompasky
Russ
Keely Ryan
Debbie S
Jennifer Salbino
San
Sandra & Marc
Sunny Sanoff
Irene Sasaki
Joan Schmidt
Scott, Courtney & Stella Schmitz
Marcia Schultz
Marianne & Scott Schultz
Sue Selby
Shiflett Family
Jessica Silvestre
Dennis & Susan Spence
John & Lexie Smith
Rich Smith
Sharal Greg Honey Bee Smith
Jim & Donna Smollen
Sprout
Steffora Family
Laura Stephenson
Robert and Paula Stern
Steven
Micaela Stewart
Mr/s. Stockdale
Stone House Restaurant
Lynda Stone
George and Kathleen Stupski
Larry Sumitani
Susan in Florida
Swith
Brian & Jan Taniguchi
Sandra Taylor
Michael Thompson
Susie Timm
Carol Timmerman
Tina
John Tinklepaugh
Tom
Barbara Tom
Allison Tong
Deb U
Michela U
Bob Veazie
Philip and Margaret Verleger
Deborah Viney
David Walker
Irving Wander
Kelli and Peter Watkins
Ellen and Elliot Weiss
Kathy Weller Art Ideas
Will Weston
Greg & Margie Williams
Suzanne Willis
Wing & Isabella
Gregg & Chelsea Yamauchi
Kristine Yang
Michael Yatabe Family
The Young Family
JoAnn Yuki
Mindy Z
Steve Zell
$99-$50
Abbie
Peggy Terrell Alexis
Shelley Anderson
Gwenne Baile
Elena Bartlett
Jeanne and Tony Bashall
Gail Bernard
Joanne Bianchi
Paola Bianchi
Susan Bielawski
Billie
Robin, Mark & Carly Brodsky
Carol Carlson & Don Brown
Suzie Burley
Peter Cheng
Adam & Michelle Collette
Robin Courter
Tim Damgaard
Marin Cartier Delfino
Megan Dempsey
Sharon Dinh
Andy E.
Ellie
Ellie MacPherson
Erika ~ Sabrina
Robin Fogel-Shrive
Former Kahako St. Resident
Diane & George Gillespie
Martha Gonzales
Greg and Sandy
Brenda Griffith
Debra Guzak
Stephanie Hayes
Hhamada
Carey Hunter
The Hernandez Family
Irene
Zachary Johnson
Kallie
Stacy Kadisak
Katherine L.F. Penner
Katy
Donald Keyes
Janet Kiley
Anne Kissner
Kris
Lanzerotti Family
Suzanne Lawson
Brenda Lee
Jennifer Lee-Drost
Les
Carla Lewis
Lin
Deborah D. Linton
Joel Magad
Maren
Michelle Markoski
S Maynard
Bill and Jo McKie
Caroll Michaels
Lisa Mulherin
Carolyn Muzyka
Nancy
Micah Nelson
Frank & Adry & Lulu Pang -Fort Cavazos, TX
Suzy Parker
Katherine L.F. Penner
Reaser Family
Ariel Rivers
RMP
Kristin Scafidi Robinson
Nina J. Ross
S
Amber S.
KSakai
Sandy
Allyson Scholz
Jeff Sigala
Don Sorby
Lucille & Michael Spinozzi
Charlie Stinton
Elizabeth and Mario Strano
Leia Strong
In Memory of Bernard and Julia Sulsky
Flora Tanaka
Holly and David Tamosaitis from SGWS-IL
Stephany Tefarikis
Teresa
Terri & Barry
Clif Thompson
TSB
Vanessa
Dan and Donna Wecker
West Coast Fam
Allison Witcher
Roger White & Nancy Hansen
Kathryn Wood
Suzanne Yes
Jan Yoshioka
Linda Young
$49-$1
A
Alex
Erin Archer
Be
Tom Bradner
In Honor of Stan Borg
Dennis Bowman
Earl Brown
AnnMarie Caldwell Realtor
Carl Corsi
Carole
Casey
Cathy
I Ping Chiu
Kyle Christiansen
A Cooch
Barry D Culbreath
Debra
Barbara Dawn Delaney
Aislinn DeButch
Diaz Family
David DiBiase
Lisa & Kevin Dunn
Hanna Empen
Alicia Evans
Martha Fiffer
Tonya G.
Karen Gallagher
Stephen Gambone
Lindsay Gibbs
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Gre
Susan Hall
Vince and Dee Hancock
Aya Ichida
Jaime
Nancy Jenny
Linda Jensen
Mark Jimene
Theresa K
Kristy
Andrew Kurtz
Aggy Kusunoki
Kathleen Lane
Friend of Arthur Leduc in KC
Mark Lewis
Lisa Licavoli
Alice Losoya
Ms. Kitty the Pup
Taylor Majek
Mario
Paula L Martinez
Rick and Bonnie Mereness
Michele
Emily Mitchell
Monchelle
Natalie
Barbara Newton-Holmes
Jacquie Orr
Paige
Joan Pilat
Ellen Quinn
Beverly Robertson
Jonathan Robin
Rockpipe
Ron
Joni Riley
Saraa
Tonya Schafer
Colleen Schultz
Shi
Brandon & Samantha Signorino
Avrom Simon
Dennis A. Smith
Ben Steiner
Suzanne & Ken
Wayne Tike
Tony Procaccini
Cheryl Wakerhauser
Mr. & Mrs. Wesbrook
Lisa Whalen
Janet Whitley
Ronnie & Ivor Whitson
Rick Williams
Christine Wood
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