WHAT:
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 18, the Kansas City Chiefs and Hy-Vee will kick off the 11th Annual Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive benefitting Harvesters. Volunteers from each organization will assemble holiday meal boxes with the first donated items to the food drive.
The food drive will continue through Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts will serve as the official Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive day at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Nonperishable food items will be collected at each stadium gate on game day with all items donated back to local families in need. Fans attending the game are encouraged to donate to the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive by scanning the QR code displayed by volunteers as they enter stadium gates.
Fans who are not attending the game, or any fans who wish to make a monetary donation to the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive, can visit www.chiefs.com/fooddrive. Local area Hy-Vee stores will also take non-perishable food donations now through Wednesday, Dec. 31, as part of the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive.
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 18; 12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
WHO: Members of the Chiefs Community Caring Team
Chiefs EVP/CFO and Harvesters Board Member Dan Crumb
KC Wolf
Harvesters
Hy-Vee District Store Director Chris Wiltfong (subject to change).
WHERE: Harvesters Community Food Network
WHY:
This year, with more than $500,000 given to feed families in need, the Hunt Family Foundation and the Kansas City Chiefs were honored as inaugural members of the Harvesters Million Meals Club for their continued work in hunger relief.
Annually, during the months of November and December, the Chiefs have made hunger relief a key focus of the organization’s outreach efforts. Through a partnership with Harvesters and Hy-Vee, the club helps provide food donations to benefit local families in need.
About Harvesters – Community Food Network
Harvesters is a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including food pantries, community kitchens, shelters and others. Agencies in Harvesters’ network provide food assistance to as many as 141,500 different people each month.
Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, serving all 50 states. For more information, visit www.harvesters.org.
About Hy-Vee
Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned corporation operating more than 280 retail stores across eight Midwestern states with sales of $11 billion annually. The supermarket chain is synonymous with quality, variety, convenience, healthy lifestyles, culinary expertise and superior customer service. Hy-Vee ranks in the Top 10 Most Trusted Brands and has been named one of America’s Top 5 favorite grocery stores. The company’s more than 86,000 employees provide “A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle” to customers every day. For additional information, visit www.hy-vee.com.
NOTE:
Media interested in covering the event should RSVP to Olivia Tavernier ([email protected]).