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Six Maui Rotary clubs join forces to provide meals for 17,006 residents
Rotarians and their supporters set up collection stations at four Safeway locations across the island on Saturday, Nov. 16, successfully gathering nearly 1,700 pounds of food and raising over $3,900 in donations, which combined will provide 17,006 meals to island residents in need.
Help feed Maui’s hungry at Maui Food Bank’s annual Food Drive Day, Aug. 24
Maui Food Bank is gearing up for its annual Food Drive Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. The public is invited to participate by hosting a food and fund drive or by donating nonperishable food to support families facing hunger, a need that has increased by over 65% since the Maui wildfires.
ARDA-Hawaiʻi makes $5,000 donation to Maui Food Bank
The Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Resort Development Association, the timeshare trade group in Hawaiʻi, recently donated $5,000 to the Maui Food Bank. The donation will help empower the organization in extending its hunger relief programs to those in need.
Foodland launches Project Keiki to ensure access to meals for Hawaiʻi students when school is not in session
Foodland Super Market today launched Project Keiki, a new monthlong statewide community giving program that will help provide lunches and meals to Hawai‘i’s children on days they don’t have access to school lunches. Support will go to the Hawai‘i food banks on four islands to fulfill this mission.
T-Mobile donates $50,000 to five nonprofits, including Maui Food Bank and Maui Strong Foundation
T-Mobile announced the latest recipients of the company’s Difference Maker program, providing $10,000 each to five nonprofit organizations in Hawaii and Washington that are making a difference in their communities. Maui Food Bank and Maui Strong Foundation are both recipients of this donation.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tours Maui Food Bank
“Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, and Shep Gordon stopped by for a tour of the Food Bank,” said Marlene Rice, Development Director at the Maui Food Bank. “It was wonderful to meet Jeff, and we are very grateful for the generosity he has extended to Maui Food Bank and other nonprofits on Maui.”
Maui Food Bank benefits from generous ʻOhana Fuels donation
Maui Food Bank was the most recent beneficiary of the ʻOhana Fuels “Fuel up. Do Good,” Community Giving Program.
Nareit Hawaiʻi donates $20,000 to support healthy meals program for children
Nareit Hawaiʻi donated $20,000 to support the Maui Food Bank’s Aloha BackPack Buddies program, which provides healthy meals to students in need of hunger relief.