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How Harvesters is Responding to the Pandemic

From Harvesters President and CEO: We understand the growing concern surrounding Coronavirus (COVID-19) across our community. Harvesters - The Community Food Network remains committed to our mission to provide nutritious food to anyone who needs it.<br />
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Who Needs Help During the Pandemic

Harvesters' agency partners are seeing families and seniors needing food turning to food pantries or mobile food distributions for assistance in record numbers.
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During COVID-19 This is How Our Agencies are Serving Clients

Harvesters has an extensive network of partner agencies across our 26-county service area. These agencies include pantries, kitchens, and shelters. During this pandemic, we are working with our network of agencies to help them stay up to date on the status of the outbreak and to share best practices for cleaning facilities and washing hands.
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You're a Lifeline to Tammy

"Sometimes I only eat one meal a day," Tammy says of her situation. Adjusting to life on Social Security has been a challenge for her. Tammy spent her life doing hard labor at a factory and on her feet working at a restaurant, so it's been tough on retirement to not have a job - or the same income.
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How Harvesters is Responding to the Pandemic From Harvesters President and CEO: We understand the growing concern surrounding Coronavirus (COVID-19) across our community. Harvesters - The Community Food Network remains committed to our mission to provide nutritious food to anyone who needs it.

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Harvesters began operating on May 1st, 1979 in a space donated by Kansas City Cold Storage.

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Harvesters was one of just 40 food banks in America when it began operating in 1979.

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Harvesters has distributed a record of over 750 million pounds of food and has raised a record over $23 million in donations.

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Harvesters has been in operation for over 46 years.

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Harvesters 45th anniversary was in 2024.

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Harvesters has distributed over 54.5 million meals to families in need of help.

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Havesters has over 900 food partnerships. And Harvesters serves 110 households a day.

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Harvesters distributed one million pounds of food for the first time in 1982.

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For every $1 dollar you donate, Harvesters is able to provide 2 meals. You can also go to Harvesters and help them in person.

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Harvesters was awarded Feeding America's food bank of the year for excellence in 2011.

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Harvesters is a food bank, meaning they acquire, store, and distribute food, not a food pantry that directly distributes food to individuals.

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Harvesters donates 90% of the pantry's food and personal hygiene products.

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In just the first 8 months, Harvesters gave out 155,000 pounds of food.

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Our Action Plan is to sell lemonade on the next Chick-Fil-A Day which is April 16. With all the money we raise we will make meal kits and buy the most needed items for Harvesters.

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You can donate to harvesters with money, food, household items, and time.

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Harvesters helps feed 69 school pantries, and 8,940 households with 685,0064 pounds of food.

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In October 2010, Harvesters had just opened their 2nd location in Topeka, Kansas.

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Harvesters is a regional food bank serving a 27 counties in northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas.

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When you volunteer at Harvesters you’re directly contributing to the livelihood of your neighbors.

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Harvesters mobilizes to power of our community to create equitable access to nutritious food and address the root causes and impact of hunger.

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Harvesters believes accessing nutritious food is a human right, and all people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

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Here is Connor and I making lemonade.

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Here is us selling lemonade.

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Connor and I buying the meal kits at Aldi, and tallying up the cost.

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After buying the meal kits we went to Harvesters to put the kits together.

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We are getting the food out of the cart to put the meal kits together

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Thanks to everyone who supported. We raised over $330 for Harvesters, and helped feed the hungry. Thank you!