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Q. How do I know my donation will go to the people
who need it the most?
A. Our food is distributed at sites around the entire
island thanks to our many partners including:
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Aloha Church
American Red Cross
Boys & Girls Club (Kapaa)
Boys & Girls Club (Waimea)
Calvary Chapel
** Church of the Pacific
Circles of Light
Easter Seals Hawaii ARC
Eleele Baptist Church
** Faith Christian Fellowship
Family, Friends & Community
** Hale Hoomalu
Hale Kipa
Hina Mauka
Hope, Help and Healing Kauai
Hui O Na Makuahina Hookahi O Kauai
Island Worship Center
** Kalaheo Missionary Church (Love Kauai)
** Kapaa Missionary Church (Love One Another)
** Kapaa Seventh Day Adventist
** Kauai Bible Church
Kauai Christian Fellowship
Kauai Economic Opportunity
Kauai Habitat for Humanity
Kauai Hospice
Kauai Humane Society
Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha
** Kings Chapel
Koloa Missionary Church
** Koloa Union Church
Kula Aupuni Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha
** Lihue Court Town Homes
Mental Health Kokua
** Nana’s House
New Beginning Christian Center
Organization of Kalalau Karetakers
Puuwai Canoe Club
** Saint Michael’s All Angels Church
** Saint Raphael’s Food Pantry
** Saint Williams Church
The Children of the Land
The Chow Project
** The Salvation Army (Lihue)
** The Salvation Army (Hanapepe)
The Way of Salvation
Timao Health Care
U-Turn for Christ
** Waimea United Church of Christ
West Kauai United Methodist Church
YMCA
Young Life Capernaum-Kauai
YWCA Girl Zone
YWCA Sex Abuse Treatment Center
YWCA Women’s Center
** Designates a food pantry location;
Emergency food services are available island wide, 7 days
per week.
Q. What are the most needed food items for the
hungry on Kauai?
A. Pasta
Soups
Tuna
Hapa/Brown Rice
Canned fruits
Peanut Butter
Ensure / Pediasure
Canned Vegetables
Q. When and why was the Kauai Independent Food
Bank created?
A. KIFB (once called the Kauai Food Bank) was created by
members of the Kauai community in 1995 to feed the hungry
of our island, many of whom were still struggling years
after Hurricane Iniki devastated parts of our island. We
were the only food bank on Kauai at that time. We are a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Q. What is your mission?
A. Prevent hunger; provide nutritious food for the hungry;
respond to emergencies.
Q. How have you been meeting your goals?
A. Thanks to our many amazing food donors, including more
than 50 grocery/retail stores, restaurants, hotels,
distributors and generous individual donors, we have
provided more than 13 million pounds of food to Kauai’s
needy through July 2011. That’s more than 16.6 million
meals!
Q. What innovative programs has the Kauai
Independent Food Bank created to help Kauai’s hungry?
A. Lots of them!
Job Skills
We provide job training and skill-building to volunteers
and workers in our warehouse to help them become
self-sufficient. Kauai Independent Food Bank was named
Outstanding Employer of the Year in 2009.
Free Keiki Cafe
In 2004 we opened Hawaii’s first Keiki Café in partnership
with the Boys & Girls Club in Waimea. In this afterschool
program, the Kauai Independent Food Bank provides
nutritious “super-snacks” to children between the ages of
7 and 17.
Back Packs with Weekend Food
In 2007 the Kauai Independent Food Bank began Hawaii’s
first Back Pack program in partnership with the Boys &
Girls Club in Kapaa. Every Friday needy children between
the ages of 5 and 17 in Kapaa and at the two Niihau
charter schools in Kekaha receive a back pack filled with
nutritious food to take home for the weekend.
SNAP Outreach & EBT at Farmers Markets
In 2007, we started the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, formerly named the Food Stamp program)
Outreach Program. Applying for SNAP funds can be
overwhelming for people who are unemployed, underemployed,
distraught and weak with hunger. KIFB helps them initiate
the process. Since our involvement, 797 Kauai households
have been approved for SNAP benefits for total benefits of
$1,950,584 through Sept. 30, 2011. Beginning in September
2011, SNAP clients can use their benefits to buy fresh,
healthy produce and other products at select farmers
markets on Kauai.
Q. Is there a way I can tell that the Kauai
Independent Food Bank is responsible?
A. KIFB is the only food bank in Hawaii that is accredited
by the Better Business Bureau. BBB is the local authority
on trust in the marketplace, and sets and upholds high
standards for fair and honest business behavior.
Q. Why does Kauai Independent Food Bank charge for some
food?
A. We charge 18 to 19 cents per pound of some foods to
agencies and food pantries. It is standard for many food
banks in the nation to charge a nominal amount to help
cover common overhead costs such as a warehousing donated
food, utilities, transportation and payroll. The fee we
charge per pound is within the generally accepted
guidelines of Feeding America, the nation's leading
domestic hunger-relief charity whose mission is to feed
America's hungry through a nationwide network of member
food banks. You can learn more about our financial status
by going to www.guidestar.org and looking us up or
reviewing our tax returns posted on our website.
Q. How can I help Kauai’s needy get enough food to
eat?
A. Donate food, time or money to the Kauai Independent
Food Bank so we can continue our mission of feeding
Kauai’s hungry.
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Address: 3285 Waapa Road, Lihue, HI 96766
Email: food@hawaiilink.net
Phone: (808)246-3809
Fax: (808)246-4737
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