Children are our future, and your generosity helps ensure Kansas kids have access to nourishing food, which improves health and lays the foundation for life-long well-being. I am always so grateful for your partnership that meaningfully contributes to the lives of our community’s kids. This time of year, we turn our attention to helping close […]
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Bailey’s adult life has been devoted to caring for and teaching young children. After nine years in the classroom, she chose to stay home to raise her four children. Around the time Bailey left her teaching job, her husband, Gabe, started his own business painting houses. Unfortunately, Gabe fell from the roof of a house
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Harley and her husband, Justin, met as teenagers, became best friends, eventually fell in love and then became husband and wife. After having three children together, their bond has only grown. “My man’s a big support. [Justin] helps me a lot…He’s my rock,” shares Harley. Justin works three jobs to ensure their kids — Dominic,
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The Kansas Food Bank and its agency partners provide essential support during challenging times for families like Ashley’s, when a spouse’s serious medical emergency changes everything. Ashley’s husband works hard to provide for his family, and Ashley stays home to care for their five kids — Jayce, 17, Sophea, 11, Lilyann, 7, Elizabeth, 5, and
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In December, Andrea joined the Kansas Food Bank board, ready to serve with her ideas, time and passion for kids andKansans of all ages who are experiencing food insecurity. “I just want to be able to help in any possible way I can and in ways that I didn’t even know existed,” Andrea explains. Over
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Dear Friend, All of us have a choice in how we spend our time and resources every day, and there are always a lot of things competing for our attention. Even with everything else going on in your life, you choose to support the Kansas Food Bank and our shared mission. For that, I am
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By 6 a.m., Grace and her husband — both in their 80’s — are already well into their day, tending to a few animals and keeping up with the small piece of land they’ve cared for most of their lives. The daily chores are not easy, but Grace says both she and her husband want
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Four years ago, Monte’s wife came home from a volunteer shift at the Kansas Food Bank. “She has a passion for making sure schoolkids get fed, especially on the weekends,” he explains. That passion was an inspiration to him. He adds, “When I retired, we talked and decided, let’s volunteer together.” Now, volunteering is not
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Jim, 73, has traveled the country, working in every industry from trucking to cooking. Yet nothing ever made him as happy as working in carpentry. “My dad was a carpenter,” he explains. “You drive by something and go, I did that. There’s pride there.” Although Jim’s son, Joseph, didn’t follow him into carpentry, Jim is
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At 98 years young, Hazel still enjoys keeping up with her favorite hobbies. “I love to bake,” she says, adding with a smile, “it just takes longer when you’re old.” A Chase County native, Hazel has seen many things change as time passes and neighbors come and go. She and her husband lived in Cottonwood
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