Kansas Food Bank

5,400 Meals. 135 Minutes. 3 Rural Kansas Communities.

Summer meals are making a big impact across rural Kansas!

In just 135 minutes, three Kansas communities where we sponsor the USDA Summer Food Service Program distributed 5,400 meals to local children.

Norton Kids' Café served 211 children in just 30 minutes, distributing 2,110 meals.

Girard Public Library served 192 children in 60 minutes, distributing 1,920 meals.

Garnett Church of the Nazarene served 137 children in 45 minutes, distributing 1,370 meals.

That's enough meals to provide breakfast and lunch for 270 children for 10 summer days.

When school is out, our rural communities step up to ensure children continue to have access to nutritious food. These early numbers show just how important summer meals are for families across Kansas.

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Thank you to our local partners, volunteers, and supporters who help make this program possible. Together, we're ensuring kids can enjoy a summer filled with fun, learning, and nutritious meals.

They may be used to delivering the news, but today they delivered hope!

Big thanks to the KSN TV team for rolling up their sleeves to help assemble hundreds of shelf-stable boxes of food. We appreciate your dedication to helping Kansans, both on and off the air. 🎥💙

Last fall, Ashlyn accepted a grant award from South Central Community Foundation. Today, we're celebrating the difference that support made for local children.

A $2,000 grant from South Central Community Foundation helped support the distribution of more than 3,000 Food 4 Kids packets, equivalent to nearly 21,000 pounds of food, to 131 children in Kingman, Pratt, Rice, and Stafford counties during the 2025-2026 school year.

If you recently saw Phil the Backpack getting a much-needed spa day after a busy year, this is part of the reason why! Every week throughout the school year, Food 4 Kids helps ensure children have access to nutritious, kid-friendly food when school meals are not available.

Thank you, South Central Community Foundation, for helping us fight childhood hunger and ensuring more children have the food they need to learn, grow, and thrive. 💙🎒

☀️ School may be out for summer, but hunger doesn’t take a vacation.

This summer, Dillons, KAKE News, and the Kansas Food Bank are teaming up for the Summer of a Million Meals campaign to help provide one million meals for Kansas families!

From June through August, you can make a difference by:
🥫 Donating featured food items at select Dillons stores
💙 Rounding up your purchase at checkout
🙌 Volunteering as a Barrel Buddy to help transport donated food

When school is out, many children lose access to reliable meals, and food donations are often at their lowest. Every dollar and every donated item helps ensure Kansas kids have the food they need to grow, thrive, and enjoy their summer.

Together, we can turn small acts of kindness into a million meals. Learn more at kansasfoodbank.org/somm 💛☀️

Looking for help with groceries this week? Here are two ways you can get help:

1️⃣ Check out one of the mobile distributions on the schedule below!

2️⃣ Visit kansasfoodsource.org and click on the county you live in to find a pantry near you.

Ness County Health Department | Hodgeman County Health Department | Wichita County Health Department Leoti, Kansas | Kearny County Health Page | Scott City Hope’s Closet | Clark County Health Department | The Minneola Den | Ottawa County Health & Aging | The Community - La Comunidad | Salud + Bienestar | Wichita Park & Recreation

We’ve all seen the climbing costs of groceries, and many of us have felt the burden of having to make hard choices when it comes to feeding our families - especially in the summertime.

To help, Menards is hosting a food drive at their Maize Rd location in Wichita now through the end of July!

If you’re shopping at Menards, consider grabbing a shelf-stable food item and dropping it in the donation bins by the store entrance & exit.

Big thanks to our friends at Menards for helping our neighbors this summer!

Looking for a good excuse to buy that necklace you've been eyeing? We've got one! 😍✨

Join us in-store at Kendra Scott Wichita Waterfront on Saturday, June 13th from 10AM-12PM and mention the fundraiser or show this flyer at checkout for 20% of your purchase to help feed our neighbors.

Can’t make it in-store? Shop online at kendrascott.com anytime June 13-14th with code GIVEBACK-LZHBO to also donate 20% of your purchase back to Kansas Food Bank!