An announcement sent to the University of Hawaii at Manoa community this morning.

From: Food Vault Hawaii
Date: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:23 AM
Subject: Food Vault Hawaii – Working to Address Food Insecurity at Manoa

Aloha UHM Students, Faculty, and Staff,

Hope your Fall 2019 semester is off to a great start. We are
writing to you today with information about Food Vault Hawaii, a
pantry for UHM students facing food insecurity located in Hemenway
Hall 111.

SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES
If you have not heard of Food Vault Hawaii, please check-out our
social media pages at Facebook-
https://www.facebook.com/foodvaulthawaii/
and Instagram-
https://www.instagram.com/foodvaulthawaii/

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you have some free time and you are willing to staff our pantry
or work at our special events, please fill out our volunteer form
at https://forms.gle/KA54ji9qy4tXPwwG6

REPORT FROM YEAR 1 OF THE PILOT PROGRAM
We are in the 2nd year of our 3-year pilot program. During spring
2020 we will decide whether or not to ask our partners to extend
this program beyond three years. Here is a link to our report from
Year 1 at http://go.hawaii.edu/GCP

FOOD DROP @ THE CAMPUS CENTER COURTYARD
(includes fruits and vegetables)
In order to expand our offerings to include fruits and vegetables,
we will work with the Office of Student Life and Development, the
Hawaii Foodbank, and Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center to
offer Food Drop @ the Campus Center Courtyard every 3rd Wednesday
of the month during Fall 2019. This event is open to everyone.
Registration and other information is at
https://forms.gle/trTB3ySN2zCqvBD7A

DONATIONS
We continue to accept food and toiletry donations for FVH via the
Office of Student Life and Development in Campus Center 208. We
accept monetary donations via our UH Foundation account at
https://giving.uhfoundation.org/funds/12909704.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
A big mahalo nui loa to all of our donors. Whether you lugged a bag
of groceries to the SLD Office or made a monetary donation to our
UH Foundation account, we are thankful for your generosity. You
make this initiative possible.

USER SURVEY AND EVALUATION
If you want to provide us input, stop by and use the pantry. We
have an exit survey and evaluation available to our users.

Have a wonderful semester!

Sincerely,
Food Vault Hawaii
fvh@hawaii.edu