LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Foodbank, Kaua‘i Branch, is holding its 24th annual food drive at various locations around the island. The annual food drive is the Hawai‘i Foodbank’s largest fundraiser for both canned goods and monetary donations. The core of its
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Foodbank, Kaua‘i Branch, is holding its 24th annual food drive at various locations around the island. The annual food drive is the Hawai‘i Foodbank’s largest fundraiser for both canned goods and monetary donations. The core of its mission is to ensure no one goes hungry.
This is part of a state-wide food drive held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will consist of community volunteers fish-netting for monetary donations and accepting food donations fronting Foodland Princeville, Safeway, Walmart, Kmart, Koloa Big Save, Waimea Big Save and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The Foodbank collects, salvages and distributes grocery and household items to other nonprofit agencies that provide direct services to the needy. These nonprofits are an essential link between the Foodbank and Kaua‘i’s hungry, according to a news release.
Member agencies receive food and other products from our warehouse and distribute them free of charge to people in need including the unemployed, homeless, elderly, young, disabled, mentally and/or physically challenged and working poor. On Kaua‘i, 29 nonprofit agencies benefit from these efforts.
Serving Kaua‘i since 1992, the Hawai‘i Foodbank has helped families to get back on their feet and fight hunger. In 1994, the Hawai‘i Foodbank helped set up a nonprofit so Kaua‘i could have its own food bank. In 2010, The Kaua‘i Food Bank changed its name to the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank and the Hawai‘i Foodbank established another operation on Kaua‘i for food distribution. Today, the Hawai‘i Foodbank, Kaua‘i Branch, and the KIFB operate independently and serve families across the island.
According to the new findings reported in Hunger in America 2010, 11,100 different people on Kaua‘i is receiving emergency food assistance through the Hawai‘i Foodbank network.
The 11,100 different islanders served annually by the Hawai‘i Foodbank network include 4,107 children and 1,110 seniors on Kaua‘i.
A total of 73 percent of client households served on Kaua‘i are food insecure, meaning they do not always know where they will find their next meal. 66 percent of these households include children.
