Waimea High School student Carmela Udarbe left her plants in the charge of her coach, Basilio “Bunga” Fuertes, and her mother on Saturday during the Kauai Healthy Living Fall Celebration presented by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Kauai Region.

“Carmela’s helping for a little while with the Waimea High School health academy,” her mother said. “If you stop by the HOSA table, she’ll be there.”

Carmela had her vegetable starters — primarily different varieties of eggplant, peppers and ti leaf — as part of the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital Auxiliary craft fair that joined the Healthy Living Celebration on the KVMH campus. One of its new parking lots was closed off to accommodate the 39 vendors, including 20 HHSC vendors that included the different clinics as well as KVMH department

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