{"id":127801,"date":"2020-09-28T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=127801"},"modified":"2020-09-28T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T20:56:20","slug":"uh-athletics-drive-thru-food-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/28\/uh-athletics-drive-thru-food-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bows help feed Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s hungry with drive-thru food drive"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Athletics Department<\/a> is helping to fight hunger with a contactless, drive-thru food drive, in partnership with Hawaii Foodbank. The ‘Bows will be collecting food donations in the Stan Sheriff Center parking lot on October 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. UH<\/abbr> coaches and student-athletes will be on hand to say mahalo.<\/p>\n

Since Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>‘s first statewide stay at home, work from home order on March 25, demand for food assistance has increased by nearly 60%. Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> has the fifth highest increase in food insecurity in the United States. Community contributions will assist with meeting the nutritional needs of 1 in 6 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents already struggling with hunger.<\/p>\n

Most needed items include:<\/p>\n