From Ultimate Fighter to Superstar Baker
After ten years as a mixed martial arts fighter, Paea was excited for a new type of job opportunity – one that was much different from what he’d been working inside the ring. It involved a different kind of boxing –– packaging scones! As a Food Service Worker in...
Participants Join in the May Day Fun
Across Hawaii, celebrations of May Day are deeply tied to the art of making and presenting flower lei. Despite Hawaii’s deep cultural ties to lei, India actually holds the current record for longest fresh flower lei –– who would have guessed? In an effort to...
From One Sentence to Thirty Minutes
It was one month into Ronald’s summer paid work experience at Hawaii Foodbank when his father swung by. “[Ronald’s dad] was like, ‘Can Ronald be working more? Cause he’s getting more out of this than he ever has in school,’” recounts David, assistant manager of...