Our generous friends at Cargill are once again matching gifts to our Food 4 Kids program – up to $100,000! This means your gift to fight childhood hunger through the Kansas Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids program will DOUBLE now through midnight, December 31, 2021! Should we exceed the match amount, your gift will still […]

The Kansas Food is sponsoring two mobile food distributions in Wichita each month. The first Friday of every month is at Evergreen Neighborhood Community Resource Center, 2700 N Woodland, starting at 1:00 p.m. The last Friday of every month is at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 2725 E 25th St, starting at 1:00 p.m. There will […]

One of the ways we help seniors is with the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. This program is for low income seniors in specific counties. Seniors must apply for the program. Once approved, they will receive a monthly food box. Currently the program is offered via the Kansas Food Bank in the following counties: Barber, Barton, […]

Tyson Foods has awarded an almost $92,000 grant to the Kansas Food Bank to fund mobile pantry distributions in Emporia and Garden City, Kansas.  “We are very thankful to Tyson Foods for funding these mobile distributions,” said Brian Walker, president and CEO of Kansas Food Bank.  “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increased demand for […]

Now through March 31st, participating Taco Bell restaurants are asking customers to “round up” their purchase to the nearest dollar to benefit the Food 4 Kids weekend backpack program. Taco Bell restaurants within the Kansas Food Bank service area that are participating include Andover, Arkansas City, Augusta, Coffeyville, Derby, Dodge City, El Dorado, Fort Scott, […]

With school starting, we are very honored to announce the following Foundation Grants received for our Food 4 Kids weekend backpack program.  We expect to serve over 6,000 children every Friday with this program. Arby’s Foundation $8,500 Central Kansas Community Foundation $2,500 Cloud County Community Foundation $2,000 EMC Insurance $67,500 Fredonia Area Community Foundation $2,000 […]

UnitedHealthcare has awarded $1 million in Empowering Health grants to seven community-based organizations in Kansas to expand access to care and address the social determinants of health for uninsured individuals and underserved communities.  The Kansas Food Bank is one of those recipients. The Kansas Food Bank received $250,000 to purchase a refrigerated semi-truck trailer, provide […]

In an abundance of caution regarding the potential impact of COVID-19 virus, the Kansas Food Bank is cancelling all volunteer shifts, effective March 16, 2020, until further notice. The Mobile Hygiene Pantry scheduled for Saturday, March 21 has also been cancelled. The well-being and safety of volunteers, partner agencies, our staff and the Kansans we […]

December 2020 – We are pleased to once again announce the receipt of two grants from our partnership with Feeding America both supporting our Food 4 Kids weekend backpack program for the 2019-2020 school year! $20,000 from Schwan’s Corporate Giving to support F4K in Salina area schools. $12,829 from Red Nose Day to support the […]

  Perfect as a gift for someone or for yourself, we have Kansas Food Bank t-shirts! Hunger Hero or Volunteers shirts are now available for only $10 each.  Sizes are small to xxxlg. What a great way to show your support of the Kansas Food Bank!                   […]