How UH Hilo is Addressing Hunger and Food Insecurity
Food Hub Served 611 Students in the Fall of 2020
Writer:
Farrah-Marie Gomes
Hunger and overall food insecurity is a real concern in Hawaiʻi, and the UH Hilo community is no exception. Dr. Farrah-Marie Gomes
, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, has made it one of her priorities to address this, with a Food Hub program. Gomes pursued the Food Hub idea to fill the void of Hale Paʻiʻa, or food pantry initiative that started in 2019, which had to close due to COVID-19. “While COVID may have impacted the decision to temporarily close UH Hilo s food pantry, that didn t mean that we weren t still committed to helping students to meet their basic food needs,” Gomes told Ke Kalahea.