Chefs Anticipate Even More Demand To Feed Maui Months After Wildfires Farm owners and feeding operations are preparing to be in it for the long haul. Overlooking Kapalua in West Maui, four acres of crops surround Hua Momona Foundation’s nerve center: a 40-foot trailer, shipping container and small building that acts as a commercial kitchen. […]
Local Harvest, founded by West Maui resident Steve Phillips, is one of the main suppliers of fresh local produce from Maui’s farms to nonprofits providing meals for fire victims on the island. On September 1, 2023, Hawaii News Now reporter Casey Lund visited Local Harvest’s warehouse in Kahului to find out more about how the […]
Hungry Heroes Hawaii is a grassroots community initiative redefining hunger. Set up during the COVID-19 lockdowns, HHH has been providing thousands of meals for the homeless since the pandemic and has expanded operations in response to the Maui fire tragedy. Hundreds of Maui residents are volunteering for HHH, including the indefatigable MeShell Batts, who has […]
Emergency Alert! Thousands of families on Maui have been forcibly evacuated from their homes due to the devastating fires. We’re on a mission to sustain the health of survivors and provide immediate relief. Join our critical fundraising effort to amass essential resources: fresh food, water, clothing, and more. Our goal is to supply daily, hot, […]
LAHAINA — As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and move into the New Year, we are reminded of the grassroots community project Hungry Homeless Heroes Hawaii (HHHH) that began in Lahaina and is now island-wide. While living on the West Side, co-founder Brad Kukral, in the midst of the pandemic, witnessed a homeless man get […]
Student bakers donate bread to help feed Maui community In normal times, most of the food prepared by University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Culinary Arts students is sold in the cafeteria, in The Leis Family Class Act Restaurant or at events the college caters. These times, however, are anything but normal, leading the culinary students […]
“True North” – By Ken Crisson, Maui resident As featured in upcoming June issue, Neighbors of West Maui We tend to think of an all-pervasive pandemic as bad luck, a twist of fate that is holding us back. It may be good fortune in disguise, however, saving us from a much worse fate. Maybe the […]
Steve Calkins and Brad Kukral are the co-founders of Hungry Homeless Heroes Hawaii, a new nonprofit on Maui. Just after the stay-at-home order began islandwide, the two were walking down Front Street in Lahaina. “It was a ghost town,” said Calkins. Both felt there was a visible yet indiscernible need for those without shelter or food. […]
Hungry Homeless Heroes Hawai‘i: 2,900 Meals Delivered to Homeless on Maui By Wendy Osher A homegrown effort to get food into the hands of homeless individuals on Maui is gaining momentum, with an estimated 2,900 meals delivered to Pāʻia, Lahaina, Kahului, Wailuku and Kīhei over the course of 20 days. Steven Calkins and his friend […]
