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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM

Volunteer Eric Blau stocked canned goods yesterday at the Angel Network pantry at 5339 Kalanianaole Highway in the Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church. The program offers free groceries to those in need on Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The food pantry served 1,500 individuals last month, according to the site's head of operations, Rodney "Mac" Macalino.

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Downturn hurting donations

The lines of people waiting each week for a bag of grocery staples at island food pantries have doubled in the past year. But the volume of donations to more than 200 nonprofit outreach agencies has not increased to meet the demand because donors are also feeling the pinch of the economic downturn.

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COURTESY HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY

A LAVA FLOW LONG AND SLOW: Lava flows along the coastal plain of Puna remained active yesterday, entering the ocean at two spots, Waikupanaha and what is now known as West Waikupanaha, shown here Tuesday. Lava began entering the sea over the weekend at West Waikupanaha, now about 200 yards wide, scientists said.

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