KTA Super Stores and the Taniguchi ʻohana have pledged to match the next $25,000 donated towards the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Vulcan Challenge 2022. The second annual Vulcan Challenge is just past its midway point and has seen tremendous support from the Vulcan Athletics community with more than 390 donors so far.
KTA Super Stores will match up to $1,000 towards each sports program, while the remaining balance will go to the UH Hilo Vulcan Athletics Fund to support the department as a whole.
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KTA Super Stores opened in Hilo in 1916 and has been serving the Hawaiʻi 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.
“We are so thankful for the outpouring of support for the Vulcan Challenge,” UH Hilo Director of Athletics Pat Guillen said. “This $25,000-matching gift from our friends at KTA Super Stores made to honor the memory of Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi, the founders of KTA Super Stores, is incredibly humbling. Toby Taniguchi and his team at KTA are so supportive of UH 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!”
Vulcan Challenge 2022 runs until September 19. Join KTA Super Stores and the Taniguchi family by making a gift and doubling up toward Vulcan Challenge 2022.
