‘Every little bit helps’
Maui Food Bank workers Dawn Carpio and her husband, Ian, happily sort Monday morning through the nearly 68,000 pounds of donated foods still being brought in from the successful Stamp Out Hunger drive held by mail carriers Saturday.
The Maui News / AMANDA COWAN photo
WAILUKU — While food donations still are coming in, the Maui Food Bank on Monday applauded the community and mail carriers for the 67,947 pounds of food collected in the “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign Saturday.
“It’s so incredible. We’re ecstatic,” said Marlene Rice, development director for the Maui Food Bank.
“There were 74 volunteers who came to sort the food pallets, and everybody was working. Nobody was sitting around. It was great.”
From Maui mail carriers, there was also appreciation to all of the residents who put out bags of food to be picked up Saturday.
“It went very well,” said Maui Stamp Out Hunger coordinator Jan Ishizu, a Kahului letter carrier. “It more than doubled last year. We brought in 26,206 last year, and this year we might go to 67,000 when it’s all in.
“I’d like to thank the community for their participation to make this possible,” she said. “We not only hit our goal of 30,000 pounds, we more than do
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