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HAWAII RESTAURANT WORKERS NEED YOUR HELP!
If you would like to support our efforts to help Hawaii's restaurant workers and to support our local restaurants, please consider donating to the Kokua Restaurant Workers' Fund.
MORE ON KOKUA RESTAURANT WORKERS' FUND BELOW.
If you are interested in a larger corporate contribution, please contact Aya Leslie at aya@hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com
In an effort to help Hawaii’s restaurant workers, HFWF has created the Kokua Restaurant Workers’ Fund. With all in-restaurant dining closed, restaurants have had to shut their doors or change their operations to takeout, delivery or curbside pickup. For many of the approximately 100,000 restaurant and food service workers in Hawaii* this has meant pink slips, unemployment filings and uncertainty about their future. Many of these workers live paycheck to paycheck and may soon be unable to pay their bills, including rent and health care insurance.
The restaurant industry in Hawaii accounts for more than 15% of all employment and more than $5.6 billion in sales annually*. Even with the federal government passing a $2 trillion CARES Act to help small businesses, many of our Hawaii restaurants will not survive and their workers will go unemployed indefinitely.
One hundred percent of all funds from the campaign will be used to buy meals for restaurant workers. Workers affected by the COVID-19 restaurant closures will be eligible on a first come, first served basis to obtain a Visa card valued at $250 that they can use at local restaurants throughout the state (some restrictions apply).
Hawaii Ag & Culinary Alliance (EIN 46-0618609) dba Hawaii Food & Wine Festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
* National Restaurant Association, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics & U.S. Census Bureau, 2018
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