‘AINA In Schools Family Night at Ala Wai

Posted On: Oct 01, 09

   
Stone Soup—the book and the broth—brought students, families, ‘AINA IS, and the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapi’olani Community College together for an evening at Ala Wai Elementary that provided one and all with an educational cooking demonstration and a delicious fresh, local meal. The cooking demonstration was provided by Chef Sharon Kobayashi, coauthor of Dash of Aloha. Chef Sharon, along with her sous chefs Kyoko Tanaka, a culinary student at KCC, and Daniel Leung, Educational Specialist at KCC’s Culinary Arts Department, created an amazing meal based on the story Stone Soup by Jon Muth. Two Ala Wai Elementary students read the book to an audience of 100+ family and community members.

       
According to Chef Sharon, “You can’t go wrong with a soup recipe if you follow some simple guidelines…”  The soup, which was made with local, fresh ingredients included kalamungay flowers and leaves, hyotan, wood ear and shiitake mushrooms, and long rice noodles, brought families back for seconds and thirds.

Chef Sharon deliciously illustrated unique ways to use locally grown ingredients that may not be familiar to everyone in their next pot of soup!

‘AINA In Schools School Food Coordinator, Dexter Kishida, partnered with Ala Wai Elementary and KCC to provide a night of literacy and fresh, local cooking and eating. ‘AINA In Schools supports these community and family outreach events to spread the message of the ‘AINA IS program. Kishida stated, “Our goal is to support schools in providing fresh, local foods on campus, and to give students the information, tools and experiences that will help them make healthy food choices going forward.”

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CALENDAR OF GRANTS AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL GARDENS
  1. 2009 Healthy Sprouts Awards, deadline 10/17/09
  2. Fruit Tree 101 Plants schoolyard orchards, creating a source of tasty, nutritious snacks for decades to come. Ongoing - no deadline.
  3. 2010 Youth Garden Grants Program, deadline 11/2/09
  4. Love Your Veggies, deadline 11/6/09 Ten grants of $10,000 each to elementary schools in support of programs that provide students with increased access to and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.