Malama Kauai volunteer gleaning project gets new lead, calls for help harvesting surplus crops

Tuula Perry, representing the nonprofit Malama Kauai, told the board she is taking over the group’s gleaning project and described how trained volunteers harvest surplus neighborhood crops for donation to people and groups in need.

"she is taking over the Gleaning project for the group and explained the service and benefit of her team sending trained volunteers to pick and harvest neighbor’s trees and surplus crops for later donation to people and groups of need," the minutes record. Perry asked for community support and volunteer participation to expand the program’s reach.

Board members voiced appreciation for the service; no funding decision was recorded at the meeting. The program is presented as a volunteer-driven food-security effort tied to local agricultural production.