Have you heard? Thanks to CHS, your gift will DOUBLE until we reach our $67,000 goal! This opportunity could not have come at a better time. With school meal programs on break right now, we are working hard to connect children and families with healthy food. Please join this exciting campaign TODAY! https://secure.qgiv.com/for/kfb/event/803372/

We are so proud to be a part of this effort with State Farm’s Neighborhood of Good and Lauren Alaina.  Lauren visited the Kansas Food Bank back in November when she was here in concert at Intrust Bank Arena.  She and several of her fans came in to help pack Food 4 Kids packets and […]

Would you like to win a pair of tickets to see Metallica?  Here is how you can do just that!  We will be giving away two pair of tickets to see Metallica on Monday, March 4th at Intrust Bank Arena. *Join us in celebrating METAL, the band METALLICA that is! Are you #HardwiredToHelp? Show us your best […]

The Situation:  Thousands of people in our 85-county service area have been impacted by the federal government shutdown. This includes federal employees, contractors who worked for the federal government, SNAP recipients and local businesses who do business with the federal government. Many of these people may be or have already been forced to make tough decisions […]

Eagle Scouts play a big part in helping the Kansas Food Bank. We are so thankful to Joseph Rather for his Eagle Scout project. He made chalkboards for all our agencies. They will be able to post what produce or other special items they have for pantry guests. Joseph had 32 people help him with […]

We are happy to announce that we have reached and exceeded its $5 million “Growing to Serve” capital campaign goal.  We will use the funds to expand our Wichita warehouse with a 21,000 square foot addition, including a new volunteer center, more warehouse space and more freezer and cooler space to provide more fresh fruits […]

During the month of September, HURTS Donut Company in Wichita is helping Phil the Backpack.  Guests can donate $1, $3, $5 or more to help provide funding for the Food 4 Kids weekend backpack program.  Drop by either of the HURTS Donut locations, 7010 W 21st St or 3750 N Woodlawn, and help Phil the […]

  Mark your calendars!   The Empty Bowls-Wichita 2018 Chili Cook-off is Saturday,October 13th, 11 AM – 1 PM at WSU – Go Create, 4000 E 17th Street N, Wichita KS. The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots movement to help end hunger. Ceramic artists around the world participate every year—and so does Wichita! Every fall, […]

The students from South Breeze Elementary School in Newton joined us for a tour of the food bank this past week.  They had lots of great questions and hopefully learned a little more about food insecurity and how we provide over 12.5 million meals a year.  We always enjoy giving tours to school groups and […]

The Kansas Food Bank staff has an all staff training day recently. Not only did we all get our Serve Safe training updates and new certificates, our warehouse crew had forklift and pallet jack certification.