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East O‘ahu Can Help ‘Stamp Out’ Hunger
BY DON ROBBINS
pounds of food this year. “A $20 donation pro- vides about 25 meals and is equivalent to almost 240 pounds of food. Our goal can still be reached if we collect about $100,000. We are about a third of the way there. Please help support this great cause,” Yoshika- wa says of the event, which has been taking place for the
wai‘i Foodbank helped him during that time,” she adds.
and sanitizing our work ar- eas and trucks. Our goal is to keep ourselves and our customers safe and hap- py. One of the ways that we give back to the community is through our annual food drive,” she emphasizes.
East O‘ahu residents can help those less fortunate through the annual National Association of Letter Carri- ers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, explains Adele Yo- shikawa, a postal letter car- rier and coordinator of the event. It’s being held now through Dec. 31 and is go- ing virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Often, seniors in high school have to do a commu- nity service project before graduation, and they assist with the effort and receive volunteer letters, she adds.
People can donate to Ha- wai‘i Foodbank at igfn.us/ vf/nalc or by texting NALC to 71777. They can also contribute to the effort by writing a check to Hawai‘i Foodbank, 2611 Kilihau St., Honolulu, HI, 96819 and putting NALC and their ZIP code in the memo line. The goal is to collect 1 million
past 28 years.
“I became very passion-
“We have never worked so hard for such an extend- ed time frame. It’s been like an eight-month Christ- mas rush for us. We have become a vital lifeline for our customers, who have gone online to order clean- ing supplies, toiletries and just about anything else you can think of,” Yoshika- wa declares.
She says that it could change how the food drives are done in the future, since everyone can now donate online. Yoshikawa notes that letter carriers cannot collect any food or personally ac- cept cash or check donations on their routes.
ate when I first saw the re- sults of our food drive. The shelves were empty and, after our drive, the shelves were full. The NALC holds the record for the largest one day event held in the nation,” Yoshikawa shares.
“My brother, who passed away last year, was home- less at one time and the Ha-
“We adapted to the pan- demic by wearing masks
For more info, email ade- leyoshikawa@yahoo.com or call her at 808-351-4095.
The COVID-19 pandem- ic has changed the nature of letter carriers’ jobs.
“This could be one of the most important and life-changing food drives that we’ ve coordinated,” adds Yoshikawa.
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