Every fall, our dear partners at Spirit AeroSystems host many events and fundraisers benefiting the Kansas Food Bank during their Spirit of the Harvest campaign. Historically, the campaign has always provided thousands of dollars of support and food collected through the campaign, but Spirit of the Harvest 2024 was something truly incredible. Thanks to the […]
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For 20 years, the Food 4 Kids program at the Kansas Food Bank has been providing chronically hungry kids with packets of food on friday afternoon to nourish them through the weekends, at no cost to the families or schools. This season of giving, our generous friends at Cargill are matching all gifts to the
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 – Cargill, the Kansas Food Bank, and partners from numerous local Wichita food pantries joined together today in celebration of Cargill’s gifts to the Kansas Food Bank to feed our neighbors this Thanksgiving and beyond. See the press conference in its entirety below, and please join us in thanking Cargill for
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Thanksgiving and heading into the holidays can be a stressful time for many already struggling to put meals on their tables. The Kansas Food Bank believes that everyone deserves to have a meal, and the holidays are no exception. If you are needing a little extra help this November and December, use the resource guide
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Wednesday, October 23- For the first time in their 40-year history, the Kansas Food Bank joined forces with 24 local businesses for ICT Restaurant Week 2024. The goal of the week was two-fold: celebrate the wonderful local dining scene in the Wichita area and to raise much-needed funds for the the Kansas Food Bank. The
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This Saturday, August 24th and Sunday, August 25th, the Kansas Food Bank is teaming up with Scouting America and Dillons for a two-day food drive at stores across Kansas! Your local troops will be on site at various locations across the Kansas Food Bank’s service area collecting some of our most-needed non-perishable items. You can
On July 16, 2024, the Kansas Food Bank celebrated the ribbon cutting of the new warehouse in Garden City at 1204 Taylor Plaza E. The warehouse will serve the 31 westernmost counties in Kansas, increasing food distribution by 50% along with doubling the amount fresh produce being distributed through the Kansas Food Bank’s network of
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Every summer, during about a two week lull between the end of summer feeding programs and the beginning of school, Kansas kids who rely on the breakfasts and lunches provided by these programs are left without. Filling the Gap is a two week distribution that helps provide hungry kids with easy to open and easy
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Dillons Food Stores will be celebrating their grand re-opening of the 47th & Broadway store with a 10:00 AM ribbon cutting presentation on Friday, June 7th! As part of the celebrations, Dillons will be presenting the Kansas Food Bank with a wonderful gift, and inviting their customers to help fight summer hunger with a two-day
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Join the nation’s largest one day food drive on Saturday, May 11th to Stamp Out Hunger! Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter
