Food is one of the most basic of needs.
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| A typical meal at IHS |
give us energy, heal our bodies, increase or decrease the size of our bodies, and make us happy or sad.
Food can be gourmet or simplistic, cooked or raw, vegetarian or meat laden.
People can argue about what type of food is the best tasting, the best for you, the best to cook.
Regardless of all of this, food is something that we all NEED - whether we're young or old, rich or poor.
IHS started off 32 years ago as a volunteer-run organization that focused on providing food. We were known for years as the "Peanut Butter Ministry" due to our founder, Fr. Claude Du Teil, giving out peanut butter sandwiches and cups of coffee to those that were in need.
IHS remains true to that initial purpose in serving 3 hot meals each day to anyone in need that walks through our doors. If YOU are struggling, even if you're not yet homeless, please come down to one of the shelters (546 Ka'aahi St if you are a single woman or a family, 350 Sumner St if you are a single man) and eat a warm meal. Gourmet it is not, but healthy it is!
Serving an average of 635 meals each day is no easy task. But when you combine a small paid kitchen staff of 7 with 137 generous volunteer groups and 17 dedicated individual volunteers, it's possible.
85% of the food that IHS serves is donated thanks to the Hawaii Foodbank and gracious community groups, schools, and businesses. We're ALWAYS looking for more hands to help - either by conducting a food drive, preparing a meal, or simply serving breakfast, lunch, or dinner to our guests. We could even use help the 3rd Thursday of most months (this month, it's a week early, on November 19th due to Thanksgiving being the 3rd Wednesday) during our Ohana Food Drop partnership with the Hawaii Foodbank, which is a food-pantry option for anyone who is in need. If you're in the area between 1:30pm and 3:30pm and need food, or just want to help out, please stop by 350 Sumner Street!
