ʻO 20s ʻo Hindsight, ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma hope o ka makahiki i hala a mākou i ʻike ai. He aha kāu e hana ʻokoʻa ai inā ʻoe e ʻike i kēia makahiki i hala? Maliʻa paha kipa pinepine aku ai i ka ʻohana, hele huakaʻi hele, a i ʻole mālama kālā.

ʻO kēia makahiki i hala iho nei ua hopu ʻia i nā kūʻokoʻa he nui a mākou i lawe wale ai, me ka hana ʻana i nā pilikia hou no nā mea he nui, akā ua lawe ʻia ke aloha no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo o kekahi. Ke hoʻāʻo mau nei ka Galveston County Food Bank e hoʻokō i kāna misiona "e alakaʻi i ka hakakā e hoʻopau i ka pōloli ma Galveston County" i hālāwai me nā pilikia i loko o ka makahiki i hala ma muli o ke ahulau. ʻOiai me kēlā mau pilikia, hāʻawi mākou i 8.5 miliona mau paona o ka meaʻai hānai a me nā huahana i ka makahiki 2020. Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ma kahi o 56,000 mau kamaʻāina ʻo Galveston County i makaʻu i ka palekana o ka meaʻai. Ma muli o nā ālaina i lawe ʻia mai e ka maʻi ahulau, e like me ka nele i ka hana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hola hana, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka ilihune ma Galveston County i 13.2%. Mahalo, ma o kā mākou hana pū ʻana me ʻAmelika Hānai ʻia, Hanai ʻAi ʻO Texas, ʻAhahui Meaʻai ʻo Houston, nā mea kūʻai aku like ʻole a ma luna o nā hui ʻoihana hui ʻo Galveston County he 80, ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō i nā koi e ulu nei e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai i nā poʻe noho pono. Hoʻopili kā mākou lawelawe i ka lawe ʻana i ka meaʻai i ka poʻe ʻelemākule a me nā kīnā ʻole, nā papa ʻaina a nā keiki a me nā kalaka lawe lima e lawe ana i nā meaʻai i nā kaiāulu o ko mākou kalana. Ma muli o kēia mau hoʻoikaika ʻana a pau, ua hiki iā mākou ke lawelawe i nā kānaka 410,896 i ka makahiki 2020. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e hōʻoia i maʻalahi nā wahi o ka meaʻai e loaʻa me kahi palapala pāheʻe ma kā mākou pūnaewele ma lalo o ka "Find Help" tab. Hoʻohana pū mākou i nā papaho pāʻoihana kaiaulu e kamaʻilio i nā hōʻano hou a me nā loli.

ʻO nā mea manawaleʻa kahi ʻāpana nui o kā mākou hana mai ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā huahana, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pahu meaʻai no nā poʻe ʻelemakule a me nā keiki, ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā meaʻai ma nā wahi lawe lima a ʻoi aku. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻia o ke kākoʻo mai ke kaiāulu he mea nui loa ia ma mua o 64,000 mau hola manawaleʻa i hoʻohana ʻia me kā mākou ʻoihana i ka moku ʻo Galveston County Nui mākou i nā hale pule, nā kula a me nā hui pilikino e ʻimi e hāʻawi i kā lākou pūnaewele no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai paʻalima. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia mākou me nā poʻe kamaʻāina e hana ana i ko lākou manawa a me kā lākou hana e ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā hoʻokele kālā no mākou. Hāʻawi ʻia kā mākou kūleʻa āpau i ke kākoʻo kaiāulu mau e loaʻa iā mākou i kēlā me kēia lā.

Nānā mākou i kēia makahiki i hala me ka mahalo i nā poʻe āpau i hiki ke kaʻanalike iki iā lākou iho. ʻO 20s ʻo Hindsight, akā ʻo ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana i kēia manawa a ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pōloli kekahi mea ʻaʻole ma hope o mākou. E ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo e hāʻawi i kou hoalauna i kahi wā e hiki mai ana i ke olakino. Pono mau mākou i nā mea manawaleʻa, nā meaʻai, nā mea kākoʻo a me nā mea hāʻawi. E kipa i kā mākou pūnaewele, www.hookalahonet.org, e aʻo hou.

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