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Aloha Harvest
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3599 Waialae Avenue - 3rd Flr
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
Phone: (808) 537-6945
Contact:
Chris Chun
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| Web Site: http://www.alohaharvest.org |
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 Office Hours - Mon - Fri 8:30 - 4:30
Food Delivery - Seven Days a Week
ABOUT US
The Harvest program is an innovative idea.Ê It is a reliable link between businesses and individuals that have good perishable food they want to donate and the social service agencies that feed the hungry in the community
In 1981, the pilot project City Harvest in New York City tested the concept by picking up good food and delivering it to shelters. Helen ver Duin Palit, was the founder and first executive director of City Harvest.Ê She conceived, developed and managed this unique link: a telephone and transportation system.
City Harvest was one of the first programs anywhere to:
1. Collect perishable food (hot, cold or frozen).
2. Pick up from the donor and deliver directly to social service agencies.
3. Give the food entirely free of charge, with no administrative or per-pound charge.
After City Harvest's success, the question was, "If City Harvest works in NYC, could it work in other cities?".ÊÊ News stories relayed City Harvest's story around the country, generating an overwhelming response of people who wanted a Harvest program in their own city.
In the spring of 1999 founder Helen ver Duin Palit was asked by the HAU`OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION to conduct a feasibility study in Hawai'i for the island of O`ahu. The study included discussions with potential food companies that may want to donate, social service agencies feeding people in need, as well as the consensus of key members of the O`ahu community.
The conclusion was that the Harvest concept was feasible and there was a need for a program on O`ahu. Aloha Harvest wasÊ tailored to best meet the needs of the local community.
The Harvest program is an easy solution to two of our national problems; reducing the waste of good food and helping to feed the hungry in the community. According to the USDA, "Twenty-seven percent of the food produced for human consumption is wasted each year." At the same time, in America "thirty-three million people are in need of emergency food."
Hence the beginning of Aloha Harvest
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