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"No one in the Aloha State should go hungry," said Rebecca Parker, president and chief executive officer of M. Dyer & Sons. Rebecca has been living this belief for the past six years through her active involvement with the Hawaii Foodbank in feeding the hungry.
Every spring, the Hawaii Foodbank holds an annual food drive in eight sites within the state to feed more than 130,000 seniors, children, homeless, and families facing hunger in Hawaii. Rebecca, who chairs the Kahala site, engages her company's resources and employees to assist in this endeavor. M. Dyer has provided transportation, gathered food at the drive, fed volunteers, assisted in organizing volunteers, provided boxes, and recruited employees to fishnet at various sites island-wide.
"I chair the site as I am also the outreach chairperson for Waiokeola Congregational Church and the Foodbank uses the church grounds for one of its eight island wide sites," she said. "M. Dyer has provided trucks, equipment, manpower and boxes over the past five years to support this great cause."
According to Rebecca, the Kahala site annually raises more than $10,000 and on average 5,000 pounds of food to help feed Hawaii's hungry.
Rebecca joined the Foodbank more than six years ago after hearing of the organization's work in remediating the plight of Hawaii's poor and disadvantaged. Today she sits as a permanent member of the Foodbank Annual Food Drive committee
"After hearing the stories of the families and individuals who were assisted by the Foodbank, I agreed to make the annual commitment," she said. "We (M. Dyer) appreciate the dedication of agencies like the Hawaii Foodbank who work to make Hawaii a better place."
The Hawaii Foodbank is the only nonprofit 501(c)(3) agency in the state of Hawaii that collects, warehouses, and distributes mass quantities of both perishable and non-perishable food to 250 member agencies as well as food banks on the Big Island, Maui, and Kauai.
The Hawaii Foodbank forms a vital link between food donors and member agencies by collecting, sorting, warehousing, and distributing food. The Hawaii Foodbank also supports its member agencies through financial and educational assistance.
The Hawaii Foodbank indicates the top five most needed food products are canned meats or tuna, canned meals (such as spaghetti, chili and corned beef hash), canned soups, canned vegetables and fruits, and canned beans.
For more information, please visit www.mdyerandsons.com and www.hawaiifoodbank.org.
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