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DECEMBER 8, 2021
Help ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ With Upcoming Virtual Food Drive
BY DON ROBBINS
million pounds of food this year.
wouldn’t go home until 10 p.m. at night. After reaching out to the community, we have close to a hundred vol- unteers and go home before dark. Talk about a win-win event,” Yoshikawa empha- sizes.
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.
‘Ewa Beach resident Adele Yoshikawa, a Pearl City Post Office employee, asks the public to support the annual National Associa- tion of Letter Carriers annu- al Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. It is being held now through Dec. 31 and is going virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“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 past 28 years.
Cindy Namahoe (left), who works for Contractors License Center and is also a board member for WLH-Wahine Leaders of Hawai‘i, presents a check to NALC food drive representative Adele Yoshikawa. PHOTO COURTESY ADELE YOSHIKAWA
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,” ac- cording to Yoshikawa.
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 at 2611 Kilihau St. Honolulu, HI 96819, and putting NALC and their ZIP code in the memo line.
“Letter carriers do more than just deliver the mail,” notes Yoshikawa, who has worked as a carrier for 23 years and has been a food drive coordinator for more than 15 years.
drive the shelves were full. The NALC holds the record for the largest one day event held in the nation,” Yoshika- wa shares.
Now my grandchildren are helping. We reached out to the community like the high schools to ask for volun- teers,” Yoshikawa notes.
“We have never worked so hard for such an extended time frame. It’s been like an eight-month Christmas rush for us. We have become a vital lifeline for our custom- ers, who have gone online to order cleaning supplies, toiletries and just about any- thing else you can think of,” Yoshikawa 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.
The goal is to collect 1
“I became very passionate when I first saw the results of our food drive. The shelves were empty and after our
“My family has been a huge support through the years. My children helped out when they were young.
“When I first started the letter carriers would do the work by themselves and we
“We adapted to the pan- demic by wearing masks and sanitizing our work ar-
For more information, email adeleyoshikawa@ya- hoo.com or call her at 808- 351-4095.
“My brother, who passed away last year, was home- less at one time and the Ha- wai‘i Foodbank helped him during that time,” she adds.
Often, seniors have to do a community service project before graduation, and they assist with the effort and re- ceive volunteer letters, she adds.
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