This holiday season, Newell Brands presented the Kansas Food Bank with a generous gift to the Food 4 Kids program. The $10,000 gift will help provide chronically hungry Kansas kids with weekend packets of easy to open, easy to eat food. Currently, the Food 4 Kids program serves over 5,600 children in over 330 schools […]
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Giving Tuesday kicks off the season of giving, and here at the Kansas Food Bank it marks the beginning of our holiday match opportunity, thanks to our friends at Cargill. The Food 4 Kids program serves chronically hungry children with weekend packets of food at no cost to the schools or families, and it’s all
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There are so many wonderful partners offering assistance this November and December, and we know sometimes it can be tricky to put the puzzle pieces all together. Below is a list of Thanksgiving food distributions, Christmas gift and Christmas meal resources, as well as all of the mobile pantries in the Wichita area during the
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The Kansas Food Bank launched the “Fill a Bag, Feed a Family” campaign during Hunger Action Month in September of 2023, and it was received so well by our community that we decided to bring it back for the holiday season! All during November and December, people can pick up a grocery bag from us,
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CHS has been instrumental in helping the Kansas Food Bank and our partner agencies put missing meals on the table for food insecure households in northwest Kansas for over a decade. What started as a phone call in 2011 about holding a food drive in Greeley Kansas has turned into a partnership much larger than
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Everyone needs nutritious food to thrive. Yet, tens of millions of people in the United States — including Kansans and their families — face hunger. This September, join the Kansas Food Bank in the movement to end hunger. Your voice, actions, and commitment will help ensure every community has the food they need to thrive.
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Thursday, September 14th: UPDATE The Zero Hunger Zero Waste Powered by Girl Scouts drive was an incredible success, thanks to the help of seventeen Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland troops! Throughout the one day drive, they collected 8,169 pounds of food — AMAZING! We are so thankful for these young leaders and their dedication to
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In Finney county, 1 in 12 people experience food insecurity. While the Kansas Food Bank has partner agencies to help provide relief, we know more can be done. Since 2021, the Kansas Food Bank has partnered with Tyson to deploy a monthly mobile food distribution, and has served an average of about 300 households per
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With less than a week to go before school is back in session in Wichita, this time of year comes with many added costs to prepare kids for the new year for lots of families already operating on a tight budget. Last week, we celebrated the grand re-opening of the 21st & Maize Dillons in
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