Rescuing Food to Feed Hawaii’s Hungry January 2018 | Volume 5, Issue 1
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lisa Tomihama, Chair
Summer Kaiawe, Vice Chair Sharon Spear, Secretary Joanna Oshiro, Treasurer
Aulani Kekuna Mark E. Davis Debra Van Zile Nicole Altman Butch Galdeira
Scott Sivik Ann Kinoshita
Robert Harrison, Emeritus Chair
STAFF Ku`ulei Williams Mele Pepa Latu Brianna Murray Kayla Emineth Greg Nacapoy Hiram Johnson George Stevens
Sini Pepa
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Aloha Harvest welcomes 4 new Board Members to the team, each bringing
new expertise and insight. We are excited to see what this new year has in
store for us!
Nicole Altman, Goodsill Anderson
Quinn & Stifel LLP Scott Sivik, `Ohana Health Plan
Butch Galdeira, Aloha Petroleum Ann Kinoshita, HPC Foods, Ltd.
Aloha
Harvest’s
annual
Board &
Staff
Holiday
Luncheon
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Di Beppo
1SGT C.W. & Mrs K.S. Aresta
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Albert & Shirley Minn
Amy Katsumoto
Amy Loo
Andrew Konopka
Angela Choc
Brian Lee
Brandi Yamashita
Calvin Say
Carol Whitesell
Christine Romeo
Colin Hunter
Darryl & Patricia Yee
Denise Katano-Buto
Eames Williams
Elizabeth Johnson
Gayle Goodman
Geneva Jones
Glenn Hamada
Glenn Okimoto
Glenn Oshiro
Grace Williams
Haley Barney
Hanae Mills
Ho'ala School
Holly Lau
Irina Kolotyrkina
Janice Kutsunai
Jeremiah Vaughan
Joanne Amak
Joanne Oshiro
Judith Mick
Just Give Org
Ken Tokuno & Diane Nushida
-Tokuno
Kendall Juchter
Kenneth Nakakura
Lewis Wolman
Lindsey & Lee Ellen Fulmer
Lorinda Cheng-Arashiro
Maile Burke
Marian Crislip
Mark & Lillian Ito
Melita Mar
Merle Chong
Nancy Miura
Naomi Yap
Nellie Lee
Norman & Sharon James
Panda Express
Peter Nakagawa
Phillip & GerryChing
Renee Kaneda
Robert & Sheila Cyboron
Roger & Sally Miller
Shirley & Melvin Minami
Shirley Ibe
St. John Apostle & Evange-
list Church
Susan Stahl
Suzanne Lawson
Violet Oyama
Wallace Kawaguchi
Walter Kuwasaki
Wayne Shiohira
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Alicia Pentland
Andrea Choo
Aulani Kekuna
Benjamin Hovley
Bernice Balete
Brian Shigaya
Carol Aramaki
Caroldean Fischer
Chinnarao Mokkapati
Chris & Becky Westfall
Claude & Maise
Nagaishi
Constance Conover
Edward Kemper
Felice Brault
Fuki Ikeuchi
Gena Marques
Glenda King Rother
Gregg Isara
Hans Bertram-
Nothnagel
Helene Shenkus
Henry Kitagawa
Herbert Kitazaki
Janice Fukuda
Johnnie Yates
Jonnylyn Willing
Joyce Lee-Ibarra
Juanita Perreira
Justin Tulk
Karen Honma
Karen Oshiro
Katherine Pahnka
Kathleen Sato
Kenneth Ash
Kevin Masuda
Lee Ann Matsuda
Lisa Tomihama
Michael Longworth
Network for Good
Nicole Altman
Paul & Charlene
Fukunaga
Robert Sumida
Ronald Nishihara
Scott Sivik
Sharon Spear
St. Philomena
Stanley Luke & Lorraine
Lunow-Luke
Steven Mitchell
Summer Kaiawe
Susan Kaya
Teresa Vast
Theodore Horwith
Trustee Peter Apo
Yee Hop Realty, Limited
$100 to $499
Big Mahalo to our
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
Aloha for Hawai`i Charities
Ann Kobayashi
Cedar Assembly of God
Church
Chamber of Commerce
Public Health Fund
Club de la Mode
Debra VanZile
Fidelity Charitable
Foodland Super Market
Glenn Keohokapu
Hawai`i Cedar Church
Hawai`i Hotel Industry
Foundation
Hawai`i Lodging Tourism
Association
Hawaii Women's Legal
Foundation
Ifuku Family Foundation
Iolani School
J Ohara
Jared Au
Jason & Gina Lau
Jhamandas Watumull Fund
Joanna Oshiro
Johnson Ohana Foundation
Kip Wilborn
Kokua In Kind
Laurence Dorcy Foundation
Mei Chun
Michaelabc Matsumoto
Royal State Insurance
Seto Foundation
Smart City Networks
St. Christopher's Churck
St. Jude Church
Steven & Lorilynn Lindmeier
Susan M. Kosasa Fund of the
Hawai`i Community
Foundation
Sutter Health
Watumull Fund
$500 to $5,000 $10,000 to $225,000
ABC Stores
Andrew & Ellen Bradley Fund at Hawai`i
Community Foundation
Atherton Family Foundation
Bill Healy Foundation
Central Pacific Bank Foundation
City & County of Honolulu
Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
First Hawaiian Bank's Kokua Mai Employee
Giving Program
Friends of Hawai`i Charities
Hau`oli Mau Loa Foundation
James & Abigail Campbell Family Foundation
Lanie Albrecht Foundation
McInerny Foundation
Sophie Russell Testamentary Trust
Ward Village Foundation
2017 Monetary Donors
Karen Kutaka works behind the scenes at the Sony Open in Hawaii PGA TOUR golf tour-
nament, helping the Operations Manager set up the golf course for the first full field event
of the calendar year. During the tournament she coordinates volunteers to answer the
phones from spectators who need information about parking, the trolley pick ups in Waikiki,
where to buy tickets, when they are allowed to take photos, and what they are allowed to
bring in. There are over 1,500 volunteers that make this tournament a success.
Karen shares, “When I first started working at the Sony Open, I needed volunteers and
Aloha Harvest provided two volunteers to help answer the phones and run errands during
the tournament. Recently the Aloha Harvest newsletter was looking for volunteers. I’ve
helped with two projects in the past few months. We’ve come full circle! Feels good to give
back to an agency that gives so much to our community.”
Volunteer Spotlight
Ever wondered who can donate to
Aloha Harvest?
Who can’t?
Hotels and restaurants and warehouses
with pounds and massive pans of lefto-
vers can donate food. It will be picked
up in our refrigerated trucks and deliv-
ered immediately to one of our 180 so-
cial service partners that serve the
homeless and hungry.
Families expecting excess from a wed-
ding or luau can contact us and set up a
pickup.
Folks who are moving and anxious to
purge the pantry are encouraged to
give us a call.
Kids with canned foods can call for a
pickup or stop by our office (3599
Waialae Ave. #23) and drop them off.
Just ask 11-year-old Gage Higuchi.
“Several years ago, my grandmother
worked as an A-plus site coordinator at
Liholiho Elementary School,” he recalls.
“She wanted to have the kids do some-
thing for the community so she thought
that a canned good drive would be a
great idea.
“She started calling non-profit organiza-
tions and found out that most of them
wouldn’t do a food pick-up because
they require a minimum weight or can
count and she couldn’t guarantee that
because she had no idea of what the
kids would be donating.
“Finally, she called Aloha Harvest and
was pleasantly surprised when they
were not only more than happy to get a
donation, but that they’d do a pick-up.
Even if it was just one can of food.”
That experience, told to him by his
mother, stuck with Gage. As he grew
older, he was inspired to help others
and Aloha Harvest was a “perfect fit for
me.”
“My grandmother passed away in 2010
and I think she’d want me to continue to
give to an organization that she thought
of so highly,” Gage says. “Also, I love to
eat! And I can’t imagine going for even
a day without food so I don’t want any-
one else to have to either.”
He is not alone.
Emily Smith’s school (Hoala) works with
many non-profits. Emily got involved in
a canned food drive for Aloha Harvest.
It had a lasting impact.
“This food drive had me thinking, ‘How
could I make a bigger impact on this
organization and homeless people?,’”
she recalls. “That’s when inspiration
struck me. I could make a bigger impact
if I donated to Aloha Harvest every
month. Not only do I donate food and
canned goods, I donate clothes and
sanitary goods. Ever since then, I have
consistently donated goods to this
amazing organization. In return, I get
the amazing feeling of the staff thanking
me for all my efforts.”
Her efforts are amazing, along with so
many of Aloha Harvest’s benefactors,
whether they donate hundreds of
pounds of food or a few cans.
Each one makes a difference to some-
one, and often inspires someone else.
There is no minimum weight or number
of cans or packages you must donate
as an individual. If it is prepared food, it
must be catered or made in a certified
kitchen and Aloha Harvest accepts as
little as five pounds at a time.
There is no charge for pickup and you
are encouraged to give us the best day
and time for pickup at your location. We
can even get you cake boxes, alumi-
num pans and bags to store food before
those refrigerated trucks come by.
Aloha Harvest is a 501c3 non-profit, so
donations are tax-deductible, with driv-
ers providing receipts upon pick up.
There is also no liability when donating
to a non-profit because donors are pro-
tected by the Bill Emerson Good Sa-
maritan Act.
Emily’s mother, Noriko Lancaster,
emails Aloha Harvest every month to let
us know the family has donations for
pickup. They simply put their boxes out-
side for the trucks.
“You can tell that the staff truly appreci-
ates you and what you have done no
matter how much you have donated,”
says Emily, who was a grand-prize win-
ner in Aloha Harvest’s Compassion in
Arts contest last year. “That gives me
an inspiring and warming feeling know-
ing that I am donating to a trustworthy
and humble organization.
“In addition to this, knowing that your
donation will make a huge impact on
somebody’s life makes me feel very
inspired. I know that the food and blan-
kets that I donate to the organization
will help provide comfort and nourish-
ment for those who receive it.”
For more information or to donate (24-
hour notice is best, if possible), contact
us at 537-6945 or
Gage Higuchi dropping off dona-
tions to the Aloha Harvest office.
When you need help — TODAY! — there is somewhere to go when you are hungry.
There are some 30 food pantries and places for meals that anyone can go on O`ahu to feed their need. They are on every part of the island and, though open different days and hours, can provide food throughout the week.
These agencies are among the nearly 200 non-profits that work with Aloha Harvest, which has rescued close to 20 million pounds of food in its 19 years.
Aloha Harvest is available to help any 501(c)3 non-profit organization on O`ahu with a feeding program. Agency ap-plications are available online (alohaharvest.org) or by calling the office (537-6945).
Here is a list of where to go when you are hungry. Visit www.alohaharvest.org for more details on each location listed below.
HONOLULU AREA
Cedar Assembly of God Church
First United Methodist Church Hawaii Cedar Church
Olivet Baptist Church
River of Life Mission
Beyond the Four Walls
Salvation Army Family Services
St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church
St. Philomena Catholic Community
St. Pius X Church
WAIANAE COAST
First Samoan Church of the Nazarene
Our Lady of Kea`au
Sacred Heart Outreach
St. Rita Church
CENTRAL AREA
New Life Body of Christ
Our Lady of Good Counsel Outreach
Our Lady of Sorrows Food Pantry
St. John Catholic Church
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church
LEEWARD AREA
Ewa Beach United Methodist Church
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Lighthouse Outreach
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
NORTH SHORE
Institute of Human Services Haleiwa
Once A Month Church
St. Michael’s Church
WINDWARD AREA
St. George Church
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Waimanalo Seventh Day Adventist
Windward United Church of Christ
On Saturday, February 3rd, Aloha Harvest will be collecting canned and dry goods for its 6th annual Fill the Truck Food Drive at the Safeway Kapahulu location, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
People are encouraged to bring non-expired boxed and canned food items from home or to purchase extra while shopping at Safeway that day. KUMU 94.7, with Ohana Broadcast, will be on site from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
All food collected will be distributed to so-cial service agencies that serve needy families and individuals.
3660 On The Rise
7-Eleven Nu'uanu
A Catered Experience
ABC Stores
Acosta
AFC Sushi
Aiea High School
Aliamanu Elemetnary
Aloha Gourmet
Aloha Island Mini Marts
American Savings Bank Main Branch
Asia Pacific International School
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Awamori Spirits LLC
Best Drive In
Boston Style Pizza - Hawaii Kai
Boston Style Pizza - Kaimuki
Bread Shop
Brug Bakery
Buffalo Wild Wings
Business Insurance Services Inc
Cake Couture
Cake Works
Castle Medical Center
Central Union Pre-School
Cheesecake FactoryChef Zone
Coastal Pacific Food
Coca-Cola
Coffee Bean & Tea Leafs
Cupcakes & Things
d.Otani Produce
Dean & Deluca
Diamond Bakery
Dive for Hope
Domino's Pizza Warehouse
Don Quijote
Doraku
Down to Earth
Duke's Lane - Basalt
Duke's Waikiki
Dunkin Donuts
Earl Sandwich
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Ewa Beach Golf Course
Fendu Boulangerie - Manoa
Financial Architects of Hawaii
First Hawaiian Bank
First Insurance Company of Hawaii
First Unitarian Church
Five 0 Marketing Sales, Inc.
Food Solutions International
Frito Lay
GFD Outlet
Girl Scouts of Hawaii
Give it Fresh Today
Gordon Biersch
H&W Foodservice
Haleiwa Joe's
Hansen Distribution Group
Hawaii Air National Guard
Hawaii Convention Center
Hawaii Dental Association
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Hawaii Federal Credit Union
Hawaii Foodservice Alliance, Inc.
Hawaii Pacific - Kapiolani Medical Center
Hawaii Pacific - Pali Momi Medical Center
Hawaii Pacific - Straub Medical Center
Hawaii Popcorn Company, Dookan Inc.
Hawaii Public Radio
Hawaiian Chip Company
Hawaiian Sun
HFM Foodservice
HI Coffee Company
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Resort
Hilton Waikiki Beach
Hinode Rice
HMS Host
HMSA
Ho Farms
HPC Foods
liahi Elementary
INC Giving Project
Indivdual - Yamada, Tom
Individual - Bomier, Susan
Individual - Brian
Individual - Chun, Lori
Individual - Garcia, Patty
Individual - Hakkei, C.
Individual - Helsey, Charles
Individual - Higuchi, Gage
Individual - Kathy
Individual - Kimura, Remy
Individual - Komer, Christine
Individual - Lancaster, Noriko
Individual - Lau, Alana
Individual - Leehman, Margie
Individual - Lum, Fred
Individual - Maltemp, Susan
Individual - Morguleas, Lisa
Individual - Nakasue Claire
Individual - Rains Family
Individual - Rich, Aaron
Individual - Wong, Randy
Individual - Yamashiro, Charlotte
International In-flight Catering
Iolani School
Iskcon Hawaii, Inc.
Jose's Café & Cantina
Kahala Elementary
Kalihi Kai Elementary
Big Mahalo to our
Kahuna Distributions
Kailua Raquet Club
Kaimuki Christian School
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua
Kaka'ako Kitchen & Catering
Kamehameha Schools
Kanak Attack Too
Kaneohe Community Family Center
Kapiolani Community College
Kapolei Elementary PTA Ohana
Kawananakoa Middle
KC Krafts
Kentucky Fried Chicken
King Food Service
Kiwani's Club of Kaneohe
Koko Head Grill
Ko'olau Ballroom
Kraft Foods
Lawson Stations
Lei Lei's Bar & Grill
LH Gamble
Love's Bakery
Lox of Bagels
Lui Buenos
Lunalilo Elementary
Lunch Box by Pili Group
Makiki Village Mart
March of Dimes
Marian's Island Wide Catering
Meadow Gold Dairies
Moana Events & Modern Elopements
Moanalua High School
Navatek Cruiselines
Niko Niko Sushi
Okada Distributors
Okinawan Festival
Ono Seafood
Outback Steakhouses
Outrigger Canoe Club
Pacific Beach Hotel
Pacific Club
Pacifico Pizza Napoletana
Palama Meat Company
Papa Murphy's Take-N-Bake
Patisserie
Pepsi Bottling Group
Pili Group
Pineapple Room By Alan Wong
Pint Size Corporation
Pizza Hut Hawaii
Polynesian Cultural Center
Popeye's Chicken
Punahou
R. Fields - Foodland
Red Lobster
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Ruby Tuesday
Salvation Army Kroc Center
Sarento's
Sea Life Park
Sheraton Moana Surfrider Westin Resort
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel
Shimaya Shoten
Shorebird
Shriner's Hospital
Sodexho
Sprouts Sandwich
Starbucks
Subway
Summit Fest
Sun Foods
The Corn Project
Tiki's Grill & Bar
Times Supermarket
Timmy T’s
Town & Country Surf
Turtle Bay Resort
UH Auxiliary Services
UH Law School
Unicold Corporation
United Church of Christ
Waiahole Nursery & Garden
Waikiki Parc Hotel
Walgreens
Whole Foods Market
Wismettac Asian Foods
Wong's Meat Market
Wyndham at Waikiki Beachwalk
Wyndham Royal Garden Waikiki
Y. Hata & Company
Yard House
Big Mahalo to our 2017 Food Donors
Message from the E.D. Happy New Year!
So here we are. The holidays have come and gone in a blink of an eye and we are almost through January 2018. I have a feeling this year is going to go just as fast as 2017.
As I reflect back, I am pleased to share that Aloha Harvest had another successful year! Our year-end Report of Activities will be completed shortly. We look forward to sharing it with you. We also had some challenges come our way that kept us on our toes, yet provided opportunities for growth and learning for each of us. We have much to be thankful for here at Aloha Harvest, for YOU have helped to make possible the work we have ac-complished.
Mahalo to the many individuals and collaborating partners that kokua to make what we do possible! We are truly grateful for the generosity shown in so many ways – donations of food, volunteering time, partnering agencies, events and fundraising to support our program, financial gifts by individuals and businesses, grant awards, media coverage – all helping to accomplish our mission of “Rescuing Food to Feed Hawaii’s Hungry.”
We are looking forward to what 2018 holds for Aloha Harvest and the many opportunities to collaborate with our existing partners and many new partners! We are beginning the planning stages of our vision for the 20th anniversary of Aloha Harvest in 2019. It’s going to be exciting!
Me ka mahalo nui (with much gratitude),
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