Fellows mentioned in this story: Amy Miller

From Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

Even as Hawai‘i distances itself from the harshest effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-hunger advocates say that elevated food insecurity among residents has not only persisted but is growing.

In a Wednesday discussion on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawai‘i,” Amy Miller, president and CEO of Hawai‘i Foodbank, said the food bank is currently serving an average of about 125,000 people per month.

While that’s an improvement over the worst of the pandemic, it’s still a 25% increase from the number of people it was serving at this point last year.

“A year ago we were serving about 100,000 people on average, and right now we’re at about 125,000 (people). At the height of the pandemic we were at about 175,000 people, so we are definitely seeing those numbers tick up,” Miller said.

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