For 39 years, the Kansas Food Bank has been serving our neighbors, and 2023 brought new challenges, new partnerships, and new opportunities to better serve our community. We are incredibly proud to present this year’s Annual Report, highlighting some of what we have been able to accomplish with the help of many, many partners, donors […]
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The Kansas Food Bank relies on our network of partner food pantries and organizations to reach and feed food insecure Kansans in their neighborhoods, working with over 30 local pantries in the Wichita area alone. As part of their gift announced on Giving Tuesday, Cargill Cares has again this year dedicated $50,000 to be awarded
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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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