The nonprofit Hawaii Medical Service Association Foundation last month awarded $102,000 in grants to community organizations.

The recipients are:

» Aloha Harvest — $40,000 to help purchase two new refrigerated trucks that will be used to transport donor food to agencies that feed the hungry and homeless.

» After-School All-Stars Hawaii — $25,000 to support the Sports as a Hook program, which will be implemented in six public middle schools to promote healthy lifestyles, physical activity and proper nutrition.

» Leukemia & Lymphoma Society — $15,000 for the First Connections, Trish Green Back to School and Welcome Back to School programs. All three are part of a patient education program that provides support to children recently diagnosed with cancer.

» Maryknoll School — $5,000 for the Bicycle Helmet Safety Class project, an instructional course for children in elementary school. The course en-courages children to use helmets while riding bicycles, scooters and skateboards. It includes a free helmet.

» Mothers Against Drunk Driving — $5,000 for Power of Parents: It’s Your Influence program, which reaches out to families and children through a series of workshops.

» Papa Ola Lokahi — $5,000 for the 2011 Lapakahi Gathering in North Kohala, an annual event that focuses on the perpetuation of the Native Hawaiian healing practice of laau lapaau.

» Frank De Lima’s Student Enrichment Program — $5,000.

» Hawaii State Center for Nursing — $2,000.