The Private Sector Hawaii

12/21/2025

Mele Kalikimaka and mahalo to all who supported in every way the acquisition of our new to us soon to be purple van!

12/05/2025

Happy holidays.
You may have noticed that our purple van has not been in town. It died. We are raising money for a new to us van, which we will paint purple. If you would like to contribute, go to the privatesectorcharity.org and make a contribution. Mahalo nui loa!

07/21/2022

We received this from a recipient: "You guys always deliver a food box at the perfect time, There are so many goodies in this box. Are you going to make me a Private Sector Hawaii Poster Girl? theprivatesectorhawaii.org

07/15/2022

Huge boxes are delivered every week on the North Shore of Oahu. Reqeusts are increasing weekly - newly homeless folks, families short on food, elderly having to chose betwee medication or food. Recipients pick up food boxes however they are able, even on a bike! Donate now to keep us going -theprivatesectorhawaii.org

07/05/2022

Mondays are happy days when the Aloha Harvest truck comes to Food More. They usually deliver: meat, fresh fruit, salads, prepared meals, eggs juice and lots of breads and sweets. This food adds greatly to the quality of our boxes that we deliver weekly to the hungry of the North Shore of Oahu. Thank you, Aloha Harvest!

12/02/2021

Give us a boost! Donate to the Friends of Hawaii Charities in our name; we will receive the entire donation, plus there will be a bonus boost from the Sony Open after $1,000 of donations.

11/30/2021

Giving Tuesday! Please donate to The Private Sector Hawaii,
theprivatesectorhawaii.org, feeding the folks of the North Shore of Oahu.

11/09/2021

During the entire pandemic, the fearless volunteers of the Private Sector Hawaii delivered food boxes to the residents of the North shore of Oahu. Here are some volunteers creating the food boxes, then delivering them to the Haleiwa Senior Center.

12/09/2020

Thank you to our fearless volunteers who create the food boxes weekly and for the Holidays. Help make the holidays bright on the North Shore! theprivatesectorhawaii.org

11/08/2020

Purple Van Food Distribution - Pandemic Style - at the Haleiwa Senior Center - October, 2020. Volunteers, masked and maintaining social distancing, have been able to deliver individual boxes to the expanding population of
hungry on the North Shore. We are planning our big Holiday box distribution with turkey at Thanksgiving and ham at Christmas. Please help us out. Mahalo!
theprivate sectorhawaii.org

01/05/2020

Click on friendsofhawaii.org to donate to The Purple Van through the Sony Open

Support The Private Sector Hawaii today and give us a boost!
- Visit friendsofhawaii.org
- Click on the Aloha for Hawaii Charities icon
- Select our charity from the list of participants
- Make your tax-deductible contribution to Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc.
- Our charity will then receive 100% of your donation plus a boost from Friends of Hawaii Charities. Donations up to $3,000 will be eligible for the bonus funds.

Donation Period: November 15 2019 - January 15 2020 4:00 PM HST

05/14/2019

This is a great way to support The Purple Van to keep bringing food to the elderly, families, shut-ins and homeless of the North Shore!
It's this weekend....every little bit helps!

Join me in fundraising for Oahu's non-profit organizations through the Charity Walk, which last year raised a record $2.27 million statewide for over 350 of Hawaii's nonprofits. Find out more and donate here: http://igfn.us/vf/Oahu/PatriciaScanlan