HONOLULU (KHON2) — Community is an essential pillar in Latino culture, and even though there’s quite a distance between the islands and Latin America, a little store is looking to share that support that the group is known for.
Mercado de la Raza, Hawaiʻi’s only Latin market, stepped up to the plate amidst the now-historic government shutdown to help Oʻahu’s community by supplying free bags of food and treats to anybody in need — no questions asked.
These “Raza Relief Bags” were created by Mercado de la Raza co-owners Megahn Chun and Alex Villarino when they saw that there was a need that they could help with.
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“With everything that’s happening with the government shutdown, we started talking as owners of what we could do to support our community, those that are going to be affected and are already affected by it,” Villarino said. “So, we came up with a couple of ideas, and then we decided to just find some product that might be easy to cook and that’s also healthy, but also a little bit indulgent.”…