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.

Merry Christmas from the Kansas Food Bank!  Thanks to our many supporters — the donors, volunteers, agencies and community partners we depend on — thousands of otherwise hungry Kansans have a meal to put on their table.  To all who worked so hard to make this happen, our sincerest gratitude. So our employees may enjoy this Holiday Season with […]

It’s the time of year when everyone starts to think about food drives.  And we appreciate each and everyone of those food drives that help us provide missing meals for our hungry friends and neighbors. If you would like to hold a food drive for us, know that we have bins, barrels, boxes and posters […]

Grab your loved ones and take a sleigh ride down to Century II Convention Hall! The Wichita Symphony presents their annual gift to the community, the Spirit of the Season Free Family Holiday Concert sponsored by our friends at Spirit AeroSystems on Tuesday, December 5th, 7:30 p.m.  This one-hour concert will celebrate the sounds of […]

The Kansas Food Bank is part of a Feeding America disaster response team to help those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. If you would like to help with disaster relief efforts, please click here to make financial donations to our friends at Feeding Texas or click here to make a donation to Feeding America. Donations A […]

We are happy to announce that an art exhibit at Visual Fusion Graphic Design Studio, 623 W Douglas, will benefit our Food 4 Kids program. “Silver Gelatin” is an exhibit of black and white photography by Wichita photographer and former art and photography instructor Dale Strattman. A minimum of 70% of proceeds will be donated […]