#Maui Food Bank

The Maui Food Bank has announced the promotion of Brandi Saragosa to chief operating officer, effective July 1.

Maui Food Bank has named Chris Yuh its Chief Financial Officer, where he is responsible for oversight of all financial operations, including accounting, budgeting and financial analysis.

Volunteers from Kahului Walmart and Walmart’s Hawaiʻi Market Office helped assemble 1,225 food boxes at the Maui Food Bank last week.  It’s part of an ongoing program for Lahaina’s Filipino community by Kaibigan ng Lahaina and supported by the American Red Cross.

The Maui Food Bank today announced that the National Association of Letter Carriers’ 33rd annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collected over 26,000 pounds of food from Maui residents on Saturday, May 10. This community-wide effort will help provide meals to local families facing food insecurity.

Haʻikū Community Association will host its second public meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, May 14, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Haʻikū Community Center, on Hāna Highway.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents singer/songwriter Justin Kawika Young in a MACC “Local Voices” concert in the McCoy Studio Theater Thursday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale online only to MACC members on May 8, and to the general public May 9.

Touring singer-songwriters John Cruz, Blayne Asing and Steve Sargenti will perform in Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater on Friday, June 13, 2025.

To take part, place non-perishable food items in a bag next to your mailbox before mail delivery on Saturday, May 10. Your letter carrier will collect the donations.

Airbnb’s gift to Hawai‘i Foodbank will help provide food for approximately 2 million meals across the entire state.

Twenty-one residents were recognized as 2025 Volunteer Heroes for their service to nonprofit organizations during a County of Maui volunteer center event Tuesday at the Kalana O Maui County building.

In Hawaii, Matson continued its annual support for public schools statewide as the sole corporate sponsor of the State Department of Education’s Beginning Teacher Summer Academies with a contribution of $50,000 for two years. Larger contributions of primarily in-kind services in Hawaii include: Hawaii Foodbank – $1,254,000; Maui Wildfire Recovery – $ 648,000; Maui Foodbank – $ 613,000; and American Heart Association – $77,500.

In a united effort to support local families experiencing food insecurity, Steve’s Plumbing & A/C partnered with Maui Food Bank to host its first-ever food drive on Maui. To date, the company has donated over 12,000 meals and plans to expand its impact through targeted, island-specific drives.

This April, Project Keiki returns to Foodland stores statewide to raise funds for Hawaiʻi’s local food banks dedicated to fighting food insecurity. Beneficiaries include Hawaiʻi Foodbank on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, Maui Food Bank, and The Food Basket on Hawaiʻi Island.

The 12th annual “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.” food security campaign runs at Walmart and Sam’s Clubs locations nationwide from March 1-31, 2025.

Kaiser Permanente recently honored its Lahaina Clinic staff members with the 2024 David Lawrence Community Service Award, recognizing their dedication and service in the aftermath of the August 2023 Maui wildfires.

To further address food insecurity and expand access to fresh, nutritious foods in underserved communities, Maui Food Bank celebrated the launch of Da Mobile Market, a new mobile food distribution program. This initiative is designed to serve areas with limited access to nutritious food, including West Maui, Upcountry and Hāna, ensuring that families in need […]

The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Hawaiʻi Chapter celebrated a record-breaking 14th Annual Golf Tournament, which benefited the Maui food bank and took place on July 29, 2024, at Hoakalei Country Club in ʻEwa Beach.

The State of Hawaiʻi and the City and County of Honolulu, in partnership with Hawaiʻi Foodbank, have officially launched their 2025 employee food drives to help fight food insecurity across the islands. Together, the state and city have set a goal of providing 515,000 meals to Hawaiʻi residents in need.

The Haʻikū Community Association is inviting the community to a special 20th anniversary celebration of Kalakupua Playground, at “Giggle Hill,” this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon at the playground in Haʻikū. This event also doubles as the first public meeting of the year for the Haʻikū Community Association, promising a day of family-friendly activities, community connections and updates on community projects.

A Maui County Council plan to contract its own study of the economic impacts of Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposed phase-out of Maui County vacation rentals has fallen to the wayside, and Council legislative analysts will conduct research in-house instead.