Wichita, KS – March 4th, 2024 –Spring Break is next week, March 11 – March 15, and the Kansas Food Bank is gearing up to provide meals to children across Wichita and the surrounding area. Vacations from school can be a difficult time for a child who depends on school breakfast and lunch. Filling the Gap will help by providing […]
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This year’s Food 4 Kids Match Opportunity was made possible through our amazing partners at Cargill, matching all gifts made to the Food 4 Kids program during the opportunity up to $100,000. We are overjoyed to announce that thanks to the incredible generosity of so many, we raised just over $405,000 through this year’s campaign!
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For many, many years, Spirit AeroSystems has been vital to the fight against hunger here at the Kansas Food Bank, with support coming not only from their corporate giving and through the annual Spirit of the Harvest fundraiser, but also through the Good Neighbor Fund. The Good Neighbor Fund is a nonprofit organization funded through
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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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