Kauai Food Bank Inc

The keiki caf program served between 611-700 keiki a nutritious snack every program day at after-school programs across the island. These locations included boys and girls clubs, a+ programs, and county of kauai programs. This program is year-round, following the department of education (doe), state of hawaii school calendar and covered 8 weeks during summer break. Program numbers for all programs fluctuate daily, weekly, monthly, in response to demand, enrollment, and other factors.

The backpack program was established to prevent hunger and food insecurity on weekends and school holidays, when low- and no-cost meals and snacks are unavailable. In 2024, kifb sent home 225 food-filled backpacks every week for keiki to provide food security for weekends and school holidays. In 2024, this program ran consecutively with the doe school calendar and did provide backpacks as needed during the summer months.

The kupuna program provides monthly delivery of food to homebound kupuna. In 2024, 250 kupuna received monthly food boxes/bags to supplement their food resources. This program ran year-round in 2024 and continues to do so.