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Kansas Food Bank celebrates 40 years of service
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Kansas Food Bank is celebrating 40 years in service on Thursday. The non-profit was founded in 1984 when it opened a small warehouse on Mosely Street.
Since then, they’ve started many programs to help feed those in need, such as Food for Kids, the SNAP program and the Bob Box program.
Recently, they joined the Sunflower Foundation’s “Food is Medicine” initiative, where they provide food to food-insecure people with chronic health conditions.
“Every day, we’re like reinventing ourselves, and the great thing about the food bank is no matter what it is, if it’s a small town in western Kansas, or southeast Kansas, or right here in Wichita, we have a program to fit that need,” said Brian Walker, president and CEO of the Kansas Food Bank.
Over the past 40 years, the Kansas Food Bank has donated over 17 million pounds of food to those in need.
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