Tens of thousands of pounds worth of food now headed from the Northern Illinois Food Bank to Maui as the island recovers from devastating wildfires. More than 25,000 pounds of food, equal to over 21,000 meals, were packed into Disaster Relief Boxes. Julie Yurko the president of the Northern Illinois food bank tells ABC 7 each box contains food donated from Aldi with a long shelf life, including peanut butter, granola, energy bars, instant oatmeal, and tuna. Forty-one pallets were loaded into a donated Amazon truck this morning that will be first go to California, and then Hawaii. Chicago based United Airlines is also preparing to send emergency relief supplies from O’Hare to Maui this afternoon.