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THE HAWAII FOODBANK NEWSLETTER December 2012 CARLTON STAYING STRONG carlton, 54, was born and raised in maile. coming out of that life took determination and effort. He is homeless and lives on a roadside under a tarp. He started by helping out at the restaurant where he currently works. He gradually added yard work, as well as car and truck carlton has worked steadily at a restaurant in the neighborhood detailing to supplement his income. for the past 10 years. He busses tables, washes dishes and keeps the facility clean inside and out. The cooks at “Otherwise, I would starve,” carlton said frankly. the restaurant appreciate his work since they’re In addition to the canned goods, rice and always busy preparing orders for diners. snacks he receives from the church food With his limited monthly income, carlton pantry, carlton’s sons and grandchildren relies on the food he receives from give him a helping hand. The restaurant Waianae Baptist Church through the offers him meals for his hard work. Hawaii Foodbank. carlton’s philosophy on life now is He first heard about the church food simple yet true: stay strong, be happy pantry through friends. Then he and smile. That’s the only way to keep continued to attend, not just for the food, going in life. but also for the church service and “God bless those who care and share,” fellowship. he said about Hawaii Foodbank donors. carlton’s life has some stability now thanks “If they only knew how much it means to to food from the Foodbank and the support people like me.” he receives through the church. You can make a difference in the life of WORLD COMING DOWN someone in need by donating to the Hawaii carlton’s life before he became homeless wasn’t very Foodbank 24th Annual Food Drive. make a different from yours or mine. secure monetary donation online at www.hawaiifoodbank.org. Your donation of $10 will help the Like many of us, he had a full-time job. He was married. He and his Hawaii Foodbank wife were busy raising three growing boys. distribute food for 25 ANNUAL FOOD DRIVE Then, family and medical issues came up one after the other. meals. Or bring your KICK-OFF BREAKFAST carlton’s attendance at work suffered. As a result, he eventually canned food donations lost his job. to any Ruby Tuesday Thursday, January 24, 2013 restaurant, NAPA Auto 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. His family and health issues plus the loss of his job caused a strain Parts, the Hard Rock Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom on his marriage. He and his wife divorced shortly afterwards. Café, StorSecure Self- His savings depleted, his truck in need of repair and the last of his Storage @ Kapolei and Register online at www.hawaiifoodbank.org today. welfare benefits gone, carlton spiraled into a deep, debilitating Cutter Ford/Mitsubishi. Reserve your seat(s) by December 15th to depression. Mahalo for caring and be entered for a chance to win a Hawaii “I wanted to be alone. I felt like the world was coming down on helping to feed our Foodbank 24th Annual Food Drive T-shirt! me,” he said with emotion, as he looked back on his personal trials. ohana in need. Please respond with your attendance or Together, let’s raise regrets by Wednesday, January 16, 2013 For the first time in his life, carlton was homeless. To eat, he One Million Meals. Phone: 836-3600, ext. 240 or email searched through dumpsters -- foraging for food and ripping open [email protected] trash bags to see what he could find. for more information Make Your Donations Now Through January 15, 2013 'Tis the season to "check-Out Hunger" in • For just $2.81 Hawaii! Join Kraft Foods in Hawaii this holiday you will feed a season to help feed hungry children, the child breakfast for a week elderly and families in need. Last year, you THE HAWAII F OODBANK NEWSLETTER donated a record-breaking $217,783.23 • For just $12.43 you will feed a December 2012 statewide to feed Hawaii’s hungry. Mahalo! senior lunch for a month making a donation through check-Out Hunger EDITOR • For just $16.84 you will feed a family dinner for a week Lori Kaya is easy. Just look for the bright green coupons at check stands in your neighborhood: Or bring your reusable bags when shopping at CONTRIBUTING WRITERS • Times Supermarkets (Statewide) Kim bartenstein, e. Annie cadirao, Kokua Market Natural Foods Co-op. Kokua will • Safeway Food & Drug (Statewide) mike Kajiwara, Veralynn Kamaka, match the cost of each plastic bag you save the Lori Kaya and Wes Perreira • Don Quijote store at check out. All proceeds raised will go to • Tamura’s Market in Hauula, Kalaeloa and check-Out Hunger. Feeding Our Ohana is the newsletter Wahiawa of the Hawaii Foodbank. The • Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors in Aiea, Aikahi Your donation through check-Out Hunger will not publication serves to thank our and Kaimuki only provide nutritious meals to people in need, donors and inform the public about • Tamura Super Market, Waianae but also give holiday cheer and hope for a better Foodbank events and volunteer • KTA Super Stores, Big Island opportunities. tomorrow. • Big Save Markets, Kauai Mahalo for your loyal and generous support of If you do not wish to receive a copy, each time you tear off a coupon and make a please email donorservices@hawaii check-Out Hunger over the past 18 years. donation, you are making a difference in the foodbank.org or call 836-3600, ext. Happy Holidays from our ohana to yours! 223 to have your name removed from life of a person in need. our mailing list. Our Mission LINA AGBAYANI studies in German and Spanish. She The people of Hawaii are one has the greatest command of the November 1, 2012 – members of ohana. The Hawaii Foodbank english language and is the Hawaii Foodbank gathered at provides food so that no one in our proofreader, grammar the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel on family goes hungry. instructor and wise teacher to National Philanthropy Day to many of us within the We work to gather food and honor a special volunteer: Lina support from our communities. We organization. She has a passion Agbayani. then distribute food through for knowledge and is a lifelong charitable agencies to those in Lina has been an integral part of learner, regularly auditing need. Our mission is from the our volunteer ohana since 1994. classes at the University of heart, and we will fulfill our Over the past 18 years, she has Hawaii at manoa. mission with integrity, humanity donated an estimated 12,000 and aloha. Lina has also been an active participant volunteer hours! Hawaii Foodbank Volunteer in in our Annual Food Drive at Philanthropy Lina Agbayani (left) Waterfront Plaza, as well as other Lina monitors our print media receiving her award from Linda Hawaii Foodbank collection. She reads almost every Takayama, Hawaii Foodbank Foodbank activities and events. She 2611 Kilihau Street publication and clips all articles Board Chair (right). is always ready to show her Honolulu, HI 96819 pertaining to the Hawaii Foodbank for our Foodbank pride by wearing Hawaii Ph: 808.836.3600 knowledge and archives. She also clips relevant Foodbank T-shirts and has on more than one Fax: 808.836.2272 articles for our staff. occasion, given them as gifts to family and friends here and abroad. Questions or comments: Lina was born in manila. As a daughter of a [email protected] Philippine diplomat, she lived in Australia for 10 Lina is a loyal and dependable volunteer to the years where she graduated with a masters in Arts Hawaii Foodbank. She is always willing to lend a connect with our ohana: degree from the University of Sydney. The hand and has been an asset to us both www.hawaiifoodbank.org Agbayanis lived in Thailand, burma, Indonesia professionally and personally. (Jakarta and manado), Israel and Germany. Follow us on: congratulations Lina on receiving the Hawaii With a mother of Tagalog and Spanish descent Foodbank 2012 Volunteer in Philanthropy and a father of Ilocano and chinese, Lina’s Award from the Association of Fundraising working language is english. She also had formal Professionals, Aloha Chapter! Hawaii Foodbank Board CHAIR Linda chu Takayama July 3, 2012 - The Hilton Hawaiian Village coral ballroom Attorney at Law was filled with a range of mixed emotions as guests began to VICE CHAIR arrive for the 17th Annual & Final Patriots Celebration. For Noel Trainor those who had joined us for 17 years of celebrations, they Savoy Consulting LLC had really seen it all. Throughout the years, honorees SECRETARY included all branches of the military and even an astronaut Gerald Shintaku from Hawaii. Kraft Foods in Hawaii The year 2000 was a spectacular event that took place on the TREASURER USS missouri with a grand fireworks show that finished the ralph Nakatsuka evening. but one of the most memorable and meaningful Territorial Savings Bank events was in 2004. The Hawaii National Guard was honored PRESIDENT after receiving orders of deployment earlier that day. The richard Grimm untimely occurrence brought a sense of purpose to the Hawaii Foodbank, Inc. observance that night. cindy bauer Surfing the Nations This year, being the last time we would gather to honor these rick blangiardi special people, we decided to honor them all — Our Final Hawaii News Now Patriots Celebration – Celebrating 16 years of Hawaii’s (KGMB – KHNL) Patriots. Stanley brown ConAgra Foods All came to pay respect to those who had served before them Neill char and are no longer with us, as well as shake hands and say First Hawaiian Bank “thank you” to those who still are.