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Hawaii has been faced with a serious homelessness problem for decades, with nearly 5,000 homeless individuals on Oahu alone. Of these individuals, many struggle to put food on the table every day.

The holiday season is a great time to celebrate and share food with family and friends. Every year, Punahou gives back and shares with the hungry in Hawaii. This past November, the Luke Center set a goal to fill an entire Hawaii Foodbank truck with canned good donations. According to Carri Morgan, the Director of the Luke Center, Punahou School collected around 10,000 pounds of food together.

Visit the Hawaii Foodbank website here

To help Hawaii's hunger problem, I volunteered with KEY Club to collect canned goods from the donation bins and bring them to the Learning Commons, where students could stack cans to create a display at the front of Cooke Library. It was rewarding to see the can structure slowly grow as the drive continued and students came together to give back to the community.

Marisa Nagata '18, another KEY Club member, reflected on her experience and shared, "Even when there were only a few cans in the bins, we were so happy because it meant that people took the time to collect cans and bring them to school. It's going toward a worthy cause, and it was so nice to see firsthand how much students care."