Hawai‘i Foodbank, Honolulu, HI Videos

“We are so grateful to live in a place where people come out and support their neighbors in need.” With all of the food and funds donated over the weekend, we are able to provide food for more than 1/2 million meals into our community. 🤝🍽️ To all of our donors, volunteers, sponsors and partners – thank you for joining us on Food Drive Day and in the ongoing fight against hunger. 🔗 Visit https://HawaiiFoodbank.org to donate, volunteer or find help near you.

On Food Drive Day and everyday – we really can’t do this without you. Mahalo. 🫶

Food Drive Day 2024 – Mahalo
As we close out Food Drive Day this year, we wanted to share a quick message from Amy, our president and CEO. 💚🤙 Mahalo for your support this Food Drive Day, and every day of the year. Together – when we nourish our ‘ohana today, we can end hunger tomorrow.

“They give good food. They give good vegetables, and I like coming because it helps. Every little bit helps, and there are a lot of people who need it out there.” – Frances Frances is one of our neighbors who visits the monthly Senior Food Box distribution at the Parish of St. Clement. The Senior Food Box Program provides eligible kūpuna with a monthly box of food that includes items like items like fresh fruit, vegetables, cereal, juice, grains and more. Mahalo to our friends at the Parish of St. Clement, all our volunteers and our neighbors like Frances, who inspire our work everyday. 🧡 #SeniorFoodBox #NourishOurOhana #endhunger #FoodAssistance #eatlocal

Mahalo to everyone who helped us Stamp Out Hunger this last Saturday! 🧡 Hundreds of volunteers and local partners gathered at our warehouse throughout the evening, where we received nearly 125,000 pounds in food donations from all across O‘ahu. On top of that, we also received more than $26,000 in online donations – a combined total that will provide food for nearly 160,000 meals. The annual National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is the nation's largest all-volunteer, single-day food collection effort. Every year, we are humbled to witness how the community comes together for this event, and we are incredibly grateful to all of our local partners who make it happen. #NourishOurOhana #FoodAssistance #Volunteering #StampOutHunger #CommunitySupport

Ever wonder what ‘Ohana Produce Plus is? It’s one of our flagship food distribution programs, and here’s a peek into a recent event in Kāne‘ohe with our agency partner KEY Project. ‘Ohana Produce Plus is a great way for families to receive a variety of healthy food options ranging from fresh produce to local poi and more. Join us at this site every first Tuesday of the month, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., or visit the link in bio to see where else you can find help. 🧡 #FoodAssistance #NourishOurOhana #HawaiiFoodBank #CommunityService #Volunteering #FoodDistribution #Produce #EatLocal

📫🥫 It’s that time of year again! The National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is coming to your mailbox next Saturday, May 11. To participate, simply leave your non-perishable food donations in a bag next to your mailbox, and your neighborhood letter carrier will take care of the rest. Don’t feel like waiting? You can also support #StampOutHunger with an online donation – which will stretch your impact even further! 🍽️ Every $1 can help provide food for more than 2 meals. 🔗 Visit the link to donate today: https://hawaiifoodbank.org/nalc US Postal Service Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i Maui Food Bank The Food Basket, Inc. - Hawai'i Island's Food Bank #NALC #NourishOurOhana #EndHunger #FoodDrive #HawaiiCommunity #HawaiiFoodbank

Last Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of Waikiki SPAM JAM. Leading up to this year’s event, our friends at the SJ foundation and Alaska Airlines came together to offer a special $35,000 SPAM JAM® Match Opportunity. We are excited to announce we exceeded the double match goal. Collectively, this support will help provide food for nearly 260,000 meals! 🍽 SPAM JAM® was a special evening, and our team and volunteers had such a good time converging with the community along Kalākaua Avenue (and a special mahalo to Kamea Hadar for sharing space with us!). It’s really become a cultural tradition over the last couple of decades, and it reminds us of our community’s creative, collaborative and versatile spirit — the same spirit we see every day at Hawai‘i Foodbank. 🧡 It never ceases to amaze us, the variety of ways in which our community converges around the shared goal of nourishing our ‘ohana. From all of us at Hawai‘i Foodbank — mahalo. #HawaiiFoodbank#NourishOurOhana #SpamJam #EndHunger #Fundraiser #Volunteering

As we celebrate #NationalVolunteerWeek, we want to highlight Ricardo Lopez, who has been a dedicated volunteer at Hawai‘i Foodbank for 10 years! Volunteering has allowed Ric not only to contribute to his community but also build new friendships. 🧡 Mahalo, Ric, for all your hard work! And a big thank you to all the other volunteers who make our mission possible every day! 🙏 #CommunityWork #FoodAssistance #EndHunger #Volunteering #NourishOurOhana #FightFoodInsecurity #HelpOurCommunity #HawaiiFoodbank

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the State Employeesʻ Food Drive is Hawai‘i Foodbank’s oldest and largest coalition. 🏛️ Our coalitions unite like-minded businesses, organizations, groups and individuals by hosting food drives, raising money and finding other creative ways to support our mission. As a part of this year’s fundraising efforts, the State Employees’ Food Drive hosted its 2nd annual Food Drive Fest last Friday at the Capitol. Special thanks to Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke for leading the efforts, and mahalo to all the vendors, donors, employees and Governor Josh Green for pitching in. Altogether, your generosity on that day helped provide food for nearly 4,700 meals.🍽️🧡 The State Employees' Food Drive will continue until May 17. We appreciate your continued support as we work to nourish our ‘ohana. 🙏 #FoodDrive #EndHunger #NourishOurOhana #HawaiiFoodbank #FoodAssistance #Volunteering

Here are a few behind-the-scenes clips from our warehouse, featuring our dedicated operations staff 🧡 A heartfelt shoutout to all our hardworking employees and volunteers committed to nourishing our ‘ohana each day. Last year, alone, your efforts helped send 19.5 million pounds of food out our doors and onto the tables of families facing hunger. #NourishOurOhana #TeamAppreciation #Teamwork #EndHunger #BehindTheScenes #FoodAssistance

Meet Keilee from the KEY Project, one of our food distribution agency partners in Kahuku. Today, Keilee is going to walk us through the distribution and explain how it operates. Mahalo for the partnership and everything you do in our community. Also, a huge shoutout to Hawaiian Airlines, LāHui Foundation, Kahuku High and Intermediate Softball, and all the volunteers who were there and helped distribute the food. 🙏🧡 #NourishOurOhana #FoodBanking #CommunityWork #Oahu #VolunteerInHawaii

Mahalo to everyone who joined us for this year's Great Chefs® Fight Hunger at the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center! We’re excited to announce that – through the generosity of our community, chefs, sponsors and partners – the event and match opportunity raised more than 720,000 nourishing meals for our keiki, kūpuna and families facing hunger in Hawai‘i. Mahalo nui to our generous matching donor and to our premier and platinum sponsors Matson, HFM Foodservice, First Hawaiian Bank and the Larson Charitable Foundation. We'd also like to extend our heartful gratitude to the amazing chefs who shared their talent and time to make this event possible: Julie Chu, oystershawaii Nick Erker, Pili Group Under My Umbrella Inc Sean Priester, Kupu Kealoha Domingo, @nuikealohahawaii @chefvikramgarg UMI by Vikram Garg @chefroyyamaguchi of Roy's Hawaii Jamon Harper of Mugen Waikiki Halekulani Hotel La Tour Bakehouse Special thanks to our event partners @1311events, Republic National Distributing Company and Kupu. Our mission is to nourish our ‘ohana. And it's only with the collective support of our community that we’re able to create a future where everyone in Hawai‘i has access to enough safe and healthy food to not just survive – but to thrive. To all of our dedicated partners, vendors, donors and guests that helped make this year's Great Chefs® Fight Hunger such an overwhelming success — mahalo for joining us in the fight against hunger in Hawai‘i.

🌟 Employee Spotlight 🌟 Meet Melody, our dedicated grant specialist who joined the team last December. Every day, she connects with our community and helps secure essential funds that help nourish our ‘ohana. Her hard work and passion make a real difference. Mahalo, Melody, for all that you do! 🧡 #HawaiiFoodbank #Employeespotlight #NourishOurOhana #Teamwork

At Hawai‘i Foodbank, disaster preparedness is an integral pillar of our mission. On Jan. 25, we kicked off our first-ever Disaster Preparedness Training Series, which aims to collaboratively build the disaster response capabilities our organization and network can use to meet the unique needs of our community on Oʻahu. We were excited to gather with a handful of our agency partners and welcome guest speakers Patrick Crawford, director of disaster services at @feedingamerica, and Mari Jo Laborde, executive director of the @bancodealimentospuertorico. Together, we shared the challenges and hopes we have for our work to meet the need - whether for a large-scale disaster that impacts our community or for the everyday disaster of hunger so many in our ʻohana face. To set us on our path forward, we learned about the disaster response landscape and where we fit in. We know our challenge is to be prepared when disaster impacts our community and we are so grateful for the support of the @stupskifoundation and @feedingamerica to make this work come to life 🙏🧡. #HawaiiFoodbank #NourishOurOhana #DisasterPreparedness #FoodBanking #CommunityResilience #oahustrong

Have you ever been to our warehouse? In our 23,668 square-foot facility on Oʻahu, our mission really comes to life. Big mahalo to our team of employees and volunteers who inspect, sort, pack and deliver food day in and day out – providing food for roughly 50,000 meals every day! #HawaiiFoodbank #EndHunger #Ohana #NourishOurOhana #FoodAssistance #BehindTheScenes

Still in need of a last-minute Christmas gift? Stop by at @uniqlo_hawaii to get your own t-shirt design printed at the UTme! station while doing something good for the community. 🎁 A portion of their sales goes to Hawai‘i Foodbank to support our mission and nourish our ‘ohana. Mahalo @uniqlo_hawaii for your support and for helping our community. 🌟 We highly appreciate your partnership! #HolidayGiving #CommunitySupport #HawaiiFoodbank

This week, we visited one of our Waiʻanae distribution sites to deliver Senior Food Boxes. 🧡 Our Senior Food Box Program, or CSFP, delivers monthly boxes filled with high-quality USDA food tailored to supplement essential nutrients in our seniors' diets. Each box includes a variety of goodies like cereal, juice, protein, milk, peanut butter and fresh produce. Big mahalo to our agency partner ‘Elepaio Social Services who also simultaneously served the Kūpuna Pantry for our kūpuna community. Together, we make a difference and nourish our ‘ohana! #SeniorFoodBox #HawaiiFoodbank #CommunitySupport #NourishOurOhan

Happy Thanksgiving from our Hawai‘i Foodbank ‘ohana to yours! 🦃🧡 We want to extend a heartfelt mahalo to all our incredible partners, donors, volunteers and supporters. Your unwavering support is what enables us to nourish our ‘ohana – especially during this special season of gratitude. 🙏🍽️ #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving #Gratitude #CommunitySupport #HawaiiFoodbank #NourishOurOhana