Kauai County's Anti-Drug Office and Department of Parks and Recreation recently donated two picnic tables to the Lihu'e Salvation Army's Kokua Soup Kitchen. The donation comes as the number of people served at the soup kitchen has doubled from 50 to more than 100 in recent months. Meals are served on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/kauai.

WINDWARD O'AHU

Kalua pig sale will help swimming, water polo team at Kailua High School

The Kailua High School swimming and water polo team is selling kalua pig from the school's imu for $7 per pound, or $30 for a five-pound container. Mail-in deadline is Sept. 25. Pickup will take place from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 3 across from the AFJROTC building at Kailua High School. For more information, call Todd Hendricks at 728-7389. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/kailua.

WEST O'AHU

Hawaiian Electric volunteers to clean Kahe's Electric Beach on Saturday

More than 100 Hawaiian Electric Co. employees, retirees and their families will take part in the Ocean Conservancy's 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at Kahe's Electric Beach. Volunteers will canvass a one-mile stretch of the coastline fronting Kahe Power Plant to collect, record and bag marine debris. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/waianae.

METRO HONOLULU

AUW's Society of Young Leaders collects supplies for homeless students

Aloha United Way's Society of Young Leaders collected more than $12,000 worth of supplies during its second annual School Supply Drive from June through August at Jamba Juice Hawai'i's O'ahu locations (except for the UH campus). Donated items included backpacks, pens/pencils, binders, notebooks, paper, crayons, markers and colored pencils. The supplies will help more than 850 students experiencing homelessness on O'ahu. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/downtown.

EAST O'AHU

La Pietra concert tonight brings out the stars for school benefit on Great Lawn

Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy the music of Hawai'i's best jazz vocalists and musicians today at 6 p.m. on the Great Lawn at La Pietra, 2933 Poni Mo'i Road. The concert will feature Shari Lynn, Jimmy Borges, the Hawai'i Pacific University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Pat Hennessey, Gabe Baltazar, Rocky Brown and DeShannon Higa. Valet parking will be available and there will be overflow parking available at Kapi'olani Community College with a free shuttle service. The $50 ticket to benefit La Pietra includes the cost of wine, coffee and dessert. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/diamondhead.

HONOLULU

Aloha Show will help send St. Francis choir to Spain for World Youth Day

The St. Francis School Aloha Show and lu'au will be on Friday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the sloping upper courtyard of the school's 2707 Pamoa Road campus. The show will feature Polynesian dance performances by 125 students. Admission to the lu'au is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Proceeds will help the St. Francis School Show Choir travel to Madrid, Spain, in August 2010 for World Youth Day. Call 988-4111, ext. 700 for information. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/manoa.

LEEWARD O'AHU

Pearl Harbor Shipyard awards robotics scholarship to UH-Manoa student

University of Hawai'i-Manoa freshman Lauren Sandborn is the first recipient of a newly established Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard robotics scholarship. Sandborn, a 2009 Sacred Hearts graduate and Kane'ohe resident, was also offered full-time employment at the shipyard upon graduation. Read more at www.myadvertiser.com/pearlcity.