Thank you for volunteering with us!

In Articles: Kansas City Office, Community Involvement, Spring 2024 by Scott Dougan

We had 39 enthusiastic folks show up for the Harvesters event on Friday, March 1st. Our group’s efforts will have a tremendous impact on our community. We couldn’t be more pleased. We packed:

  • 10 pallets
  • 424 cases
  • 2,120 bags
  • at a whopping
  • 8,223 pounds of food!

BackSnack: About the Program

The BackSnack program provides a weekly backpack filled with nutritious, child-friendly food for schoolchildren at elementary and some middle schools to take home over the weekend.

BackSnack is a partnership between Harvesters, a participating school and a local community partner—usually a corporate, civic or religious organization. Harvesters provides the food and the backpacks. The local community partners help facilitate picking up the BackSnack food kits from Harvesters and distributing them to the schools. School principals and/or counselors determine which children receive BackSnacks at each school.

If you are a school interested in learning more about becoming a BackSnack partner, email us at equippingschools@harvesters.org.