Thank you,
@taylorswift13
&
@tkelce
, for providing thousands of meals to children and families at risk of hunger. If you ever want to stop by to see the impact of your donation, we'd be ✨enchanted✨ to have you!
We were excited to welcome congresswoman-elect,
@sharicedavids
, this
#WarehouseWednesday
! Sharice took a tour of our facility, then rolled up her sleeves to do some sorting in the Volunteer Engagement Center. Thank you for stopping by to help this Thanksgiving week!
The score currently stands at 23 Kansas City and 33 San Francisco in our Souper Bowl Challenge! Score a touchdown in honor of the
@Chiefs
by giving at . Not only will you help us take the lead, but you’ll help us continue to provide for our community!
A big thanks to
#WhoDeyNation
for following in our footsteps! Inspired by
#Chiefs
fans who donated $300K to charity after our win against the
#Bills
, many
#Bengals
fans are gifting Harvesters $9.27 today, in honor of
#9
QB Joe
#Burrow
and the team's 27-point victory.
A big thank you to
@Metallica
and the
@AWMHFoundation
for their outstanding work in the fight against hunger.
Did you know that at every stop on their WorldWired Tour, at home and abroad, they have made a $10,000 donation to a local food bank?! You guys rock!
#MetallicaGivesBack
We had a special visit this afternoon to our KC warehouse! Our lineup included Billy Butler,
@goldbergkc
, and
@Royals
and
@royalscharities
staff,
@my_pricechopper
and Harvesters staff. Want to be part of our team? Learn how to get involved at
A special shout out to the KCMO Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police for all of their help distributing disaster food boxes! They distributed close to 100 boxes for nearly 80 families. Thank you for all you do for our community
@kcpolice
and
@kcfop
!
Happy Opening Day! Be sure to hit up your local
@mypricechopper
TODAY between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to get a $5 hot dog meal! All proceeds will benefit
@royalscharities
and their support of Harvesters, and you’ll even get a 20% off coupon for tickets. Thank you, and go Royals! 💙
I am donating 200,000 meals to
@HarvestersORG
in Kansas City. Lindsay and I love our hometown and want to help do what we can. I’m only posting this to maybe motivate you to do what you can, when you can, if you can, to help vulnerable families in our community during this time.
Thank you to the team at
@Davidsonaekc
for designing and building this awesome “Can Vision” canstruction for No School = No Lunch! It will be on display at the Royals Hall of Fame thru Aug 18. Want to help? Make a donation in support of summer hunger at .
Yessir! You can count me in for 15,000 meals for
@HarvestersORG
.
Let’s keep the support going.
@15andMahomies
and I are committing $100,000 to organizations in KC affected by this crisis. More info on
@15andMahomies
.
We're so thankful for an amazing gift of nearly 35,000 meals from the .
@Ch_JesusChrist
Elders from the church joined .
@GovParsonMO
in making the donation to us this morning. Thanks for your support in the fight against hunger!
Beautiful morning in KC! We’re getting ready for a food distribution and voter registration event at Arrowhead Stadium beginning at 11 a.m. Enter through Gate 4 off Raytown Rd. Food for 2,000 households.
Free food distribution starts in 90 minutes. We’re at the Truman Sports Complex. Enter through Gate 4 off of Raytown Road. We are prepared to feed 3,000 households.
We are very excited to announce that 19,740 pounds of food was collected at this year’s
#FilltheFridge
Food Drive! Thanks to the
@41actionnews
team’s quick donation of 36 gallons of milk from
@my_pricechopper
which pushed the total to the highest ever in Fill the Fridge history!
We were thrilled to join .
@kcpolice
to help families with 300 turkeys and 300 holiday meal boxes during their
#BlueChristmas
community event today. Local groups also provided toys to the kids, blankets, produce, breakfast and more. Happy holidays, all!
A big thanks to
#WhoDeyNation
for following in our footsteps! Inspired by
#Chiefs
fans who donated $300K to charity after our win against the
#Bills
, many
#Bengals
fans are gifting Harvesters $9.27 today, in honor of
#9
QB Joe
#Burrow
and the team's 27-point victory.
A huge thank you to
@41actionnews
,
@my_pricechopper
and all who contributed to Fill the Fridge this year. We collected food and funds to provide 100,844 meals! Over the 8 years we've done this drive, we've now surpassed a total of one million meals! Thank you!
It’s Step Up to the Plate day at the K with the
@Royals
! We need everyone to
#StepUptothePlate
while we have the home field advantage to defeat
@2harvest
and the
@Twins
. Join in on the fun at the K or from home. Learn more now at !
Thanks so much! As the demand for food increases and the cost to acquire it rises as well, this provides a good start to help us try and meet the tremendous demand. Last week alone, we distributed 400,000 more lbs. of food than normal.
Alex Gordon and other members of the
@Royals
family, from ownership to associates, came together through the
#RoyalsRespond
Fund to donate over a HALF MILLION MEALS to
@HarvestersORG
👇
We’d like to take a second to share a special thank you to all of our network agency partners. They have been working tirelessly to continue to provide their services during this hard time. Thank you for your partnership and all you do to help keep our communities strong.
This
#WarehouseWednesday
we welcomed staff members from the offices of
@RepDavids
and Congressman
@repcleaver
! Staff members learned more about hunger in our region, competed against each other in Harvesters’ Lunch Challenge and packed food boxes for seniors.
Our friends at
@SportingKC
are launching “KC As One” to help feed those in need while also supporting public health during COVID-19. Head over to to purchase your very own, limited-edition,
#KCAsOne
mask! All proceeds from sales will benefit Harvesters.
KC💙 is at its best when we rally around one another.
So this
#MLSCupPlayoffs
, we're giving back. Your purchase of a
#KCAsOne
mask means
@HarvestersORG
will provide 18 meals to Kansas Citians in need.
Missouri State Board of Education votes UNANIMOUSLY for FULL ACCREDITATION.
Dr. Bedell and KCPS Board President Nate Hogan will now address the State Board. 14/
A big thank you to the
@41actionnews
team for coming out to highlight our Lunch Challenge program today! They learned how to shop on a tight budget and prepare a healthy meal. We can't wait to partner with them again next week for our annual
#FilltheFridge
Food Drive.
Gr-r-reat effort today by Kansas City’s Centurions and Tony the Tiger to break a World Record for the most boxes of cereal toppled in domino fashion at one time! 4,000 boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes were used to set the record.
An extra special thank you to Honeysuckle White for their generous donation of 40,000 pounds of turkey! These turkeys from their Good Feeds Good promotion, will be distributed to families all across our 26-county service area for the holidays!
The past couple of months have been especially difficult as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on our lives. If you or someone you know needs assistance, please visit .
A big thanks to The Missouri National Guard and
@kcpolice
for helping direct traffic at today’s food distribution. Food available until 1 p.m. at Truman Sports Complex.
This is Dalton, and he just celebrated his 2nd birthday! Dalton is one of our youngest hunger champions. Instead of presents, Dalton's family gathered donations for Harvesters! Between his 1st and 2nd birthday, Dalton has raised more than 6,000 meals! Happy Birthday Dalton! 🎉
These are challenging times for many families. If you or someone you know, needs food please visit . Here, you will be able to access our service locator as well as information about our Mobile Distributions, Kids Cafe Sites and our SNAP helpline.
You look good in orange,
#KansasCity
! Thanks to .
@UnionStationKC
and the Downtown Council for illuminating our beautiful skyline in orange, the color of
#HungerActionMonth
. Much of downtown will remain orange through Sunday.
Special shout out to our amazing warehouse staff! They've been working hard to keep food and resources organized and orders picked and ready for our network of partner agencies. Last week, we distributed nearly 1.4 million lbs. of food, about 400,000 more lbs. than normal.
We want to say a BIG thank you to
@Chiefs
fans who donated to our
#Huddletoendhunger
campaign against
@Philabundance
food bank. We didn't win this challenge as far as the most dollars raised, but it's still a victory because your donations will help provide 84,000 meals!
Lots of excited kindergartners from Mill Creek Elementary visited us this morning. They learned about food groups, shopped at
@henhousemarket
and donated more than 500 lbs of food they picked out! Thank you to everyone who participated and helped us provide more than 1,320 meals!
Do you recognize this friendly face? This is Vana. She’s normally the first person you see when you arrive at our KC facility. She’s part of the Community Engagement team. This team works hard to coordinate food drives, community events, volunteers and much more! Thanks, CE team!
Harvesters truck driver, Paul Tucker, is heading to North Carolina to lend a hand at
@FoodBankCENC
. Hurricane Florence caused severe damage and thousands are struggling to clean up and get back on their feet. Thank you, Paul, for volunteering to help where it's needed most.
Happy Parade Day, Kansas City! How fun to celebrate another Super Bowl win! Hunger doesn't take a day off, so we're hard at work getting food to our neighbors facing food insecurity, but we're with everyone in spirit! It helps that our colors also just happen to be red and gold.
Harvesters is pleased to be recognized as a Business Partner of Excellence by .
@NKCSchools
. Topping Elem participates in both our BackSnack and Kids Cafe programs & knows these are critical supports for students to thrive. We're thankful for this partnership!
We’re so thankful for generous support from
@royalscharities
together with Edelman & Thompson. Donations were made for every home run hit at Kauffman Stadium in 2021 to support Harvesters, totaling more than $16,000!
#harvestersfeedshope
Meet Brian and Faalae. They are two of our amazing truck drivers. They continue to get food and resources out into the community every day. Thank you to our entire transportation team for all they do to keep our community healthy.
We know these are uncertain times for all of us, but we remain committed to our mission to provide nutritious food to anyone who needs it. We're here for you. Learn more at .
We are proud of them for all of the work they have done, and continue to do for our community. In support of our players, we’re proud to match all player contributions to Harvesters and its network.
Huzzah!
@KCRenFest
begins 1 week from today! Tavel back in time while also fighting hunger right here, right now. Bring 5 nonperishable food items to donate for Harvesters and you'll get buy 1, get 1 FREE admission! Learn more at
#KcRenFest
#FestForLess
Congratulations to Harvesters' Robin Potts! Today, Robin was recognized as a 2018 CFO of the Year Honoree by
@KCBizJournal
. Robin's leadership and financial management abilities help Harvesters feed more hungry families, children and seniors in our community!
Snow days can be fun, but they're no vacation for kids who don't have enough to eat and miss breakfast/lunch at school. Now that school is back in session, our warehouse and transportation teams are working hard to ensure all of this week's BackSnacks get delivered to kids today.
A BIG thanks to
@my_pricechopper
and all their customers who gave generously to our Check-Out Hunger campaign over the holidays! Together, you are providing more than 600,000 meals. See, how small donations at the register add up to big impact!
Kudos to all our drivers and other staff at Harvesters working to get food to those who need it! And, thanks to our partners, like
@cslcares
, who help us distribute this food. We can't do it without you!
#StrongerTogether
Larry is an awesome human who works at
@HarvestersORG
. Yesterday, we got 18 pallets of food to meet a four-fold increase in services.
Today, Larry brought 30,000 pounds of Federal commodities to feed kids and families.
Learn more and take action at .
Thank You to our friends at
@WestarEnergy
! Yesterday, they presented us with a $25,000 grant to support our BackSnack program! After the special presentation, Westsar volunteers stuck around to pack BackSnacks and tour the renovations currently under way at our Topeka warehouse.
Great discussion today about the impact of hunger on health. Thanks,
@HCFGKC
and
@BlueKC
for your insight and action to fight food insecurity and make our community healthier. Blue KC also unveiled new commitment to increase access to nutritious food.
#wellstockedkc
Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The
#SenateFarmBill
protects
#SNAP
for kids, seniors, veterans, and families who need the program for vital nutrition assistance, while encouraging employment. Our full statement:
Today,
#AmeristarKC
donated a box-truck load of food to our local food partner
@HarvestersORG
. Produce, dairy products, meats, & bread that would otherwise spoil will now be distributed by Harvesters to our community in a 26-county service area in Kansas and Missouri.