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Eric Stonestreet donating 200,000 meals to KC’s Harvesters during coronavirus outbreak

March 18, 2020 11:20 PM,

Actor and Kansas City, Kansas, native Eric Stonestreet has pledged to donate 200,000 meals to Harvesters Community Food Network in Kansas City to help those in need during the coronavirus outbreak.

Stonestreet made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday night.

The food bank, Stonestreet said, is an essential service, and it needs the community’s support to help provide resources for families, children and seniors. He encouraged donations to the organization, which serves a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas, according to its website. It says it provides food and household items to more than 760 nonprofits, including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters and children’s homes.

“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,” Stonestreet said in the tweet Wednesday night.

Less than an hour later, Harvesters took to Twitter to reply, thanking the actor for his support.

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.
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) March 19, 2020

Right now Harvesters is considered an essential service and they are working to get as much food to people as they can through mobile distributions (which means they put food directly into cars). They are buying all the food they can right now to meet that need.
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) March 19, 2020

Normally they rely heavily on donated food, but they need the community’s support to make sure they have the resources to help families and children in need. @HarvestersORG
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) March 19, 2020

Link to donate if you have the means. https://t.co/JxexQsmaq0
— Eric Stonestreet (@ericstonestreet) March 19, 2020

Wow! We are SO grateful for your generous support of our efforts to feed family and seniors in our community during this time! https://t.co/Q7Im203dcV
— Harvesters.org (@HarvestersORG) March 19, 2020

Kaitlyn Schwers

Kaitlyn Schwers covers breaking news and crime at night for The Kansas City Star. Originally from Willard, Mo., she spent nearly three years reporting in Arkansas and Illinois before returning to Missouri and joining The Star in 2017.