Special Olympics Kaua‘i athletes get gift cards

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The recently announced Special Olympic state award winners, Alita Smith (Athlete of the Year), and Larry Yasuda (Hall of Fame) show off their medals, Monday during the presentation of 125 gift cards to Special Olympic Kaua‘i athletes.

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island

Special Olympics Kaua‘i coordinator Jocelyn Barriga accepts 125 gift cards for the island’s Special Olympics athletes from Kelvin Moniz, the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank executive director, Monday at the KIFB warehouse facility in Nawiliwili. Looking on are Special Olympians Kylie Moniz, Alita Smith (Special Olympics State Athlete of the Year), Cody Streeter, Gail Smith (Alita’s mother), JoAnn Streeter (Cody’s mother and Kaua‘i Special Olympics Family of the Year), Larry Yasuda (Special Olympics state Hall of Famer), Leona Perez (KIFB), David Braman (CKMS Team Unified), and Dana Garvin.

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Special Olympic Kaua‘i athlete Kylie Moniz, a national winner in 2006, shows off a ‘strongman’ pose for the anonymous donor, Monday as Special Olympics Kaua‘i coordinator Jocelyn Barriga checks the biceps for firmness.

NAWILIWILI — Christmas was celebrated Friday, but the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank continued to give Monday morning when Kelvin Moniz, KIFB executive director, presented Jocelyn Barriga, the Special Olympics Kaua‘i coordinator, with 125 gift cards valued at $40 each for the island’s Special Olympic athletes.

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