{"id":164921,"date":"2022-09-12T10:58:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=164921"},"modified":"2022-09-12T10:58:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:58:53","slug":"kta-super-stores-vulcan-challenge-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/12\/kta-super-stores-vulcan-challenge-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores to match $25K<\/abbr> in donations to UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Vulcan Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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For the second year in a row, KTA Super Stores<\/a> and the Taniguchi ʻohana<\/span> have pledged to match the next $25,000 donated towards the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a>\u2019s Vulcan Challenge 2022. The second annual Vulcan Challenge<\/a> is just past its midway point and has seen tremendous support from the Vulcan Athletics community with more than 390 donors so far.<\/p>\n

KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores will match up to $1,000 towards each sports program, while the remaining balance will go to the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Vulcan Athletics Fund to support the department as a whole.<\/p>\n

Related: UH<\/abbr> Hilo kicks off Vulcan Challenge 2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores opened in Hilo in 1916 and has been serving the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island community for more than 100 years, currently operating out of seven locations. Founders Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi believed in a commitment to humbly serve the people of their community.<\/p>\n

“We are so thankful for the outpouring of support for the Vulcan Challenge,” UH<\/abbr> Hilo Director of Athletics Pat Guillen<\/strong> said. “This $25,000-matching gift from our friends at KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores made to honor the memory of Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi, the founders of KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores, is incredibly humbling. Toby Taniguchi and his team at KTA are so supportive of UH<\/abbr> Hilo and Vulcan Athletics. There really are no words that properly express our gratitude for all that they do for our students and the program. Mahalo!”<\/p>\n

Vulcan Challenge 2022 runs until September 19. Join KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores and the Taniguchi family by making a gift and doubling up toward Vulcan Challenge 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KTA<\/abbr> Super Stores will match up to $1,000 towards each sports program, while the remaining balance will support the overall Vulcan Athletics Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,14,151],"class_list":["post-164921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t