LIHUE — No sooner had food come into the warehouses of the Hawaii Foodbank Kauai, more food rolled out with the food bank’s Mobile Pantry on Thursday.

The Hawaii Foodbank Kauai hosted an emergency food distribution fronting the historic County Building, getting help from the Army National Guard.

“The truck is full,” said Irwin Bisarra, the Mobile Pantry operator. “That means we can take care of 250 families.”

The emergency food distribution done on a walk-up basis comes on the day after the government resumed operations following the House of Representatives passing a spending bill that would keep the government running until the end of January. The law that was signed by President Trump would also restore Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds through September.

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