Help Harvesters feed the area’s hungriest children

Children in the Center School District recently made colorful notes and pictures expressing their feelings about the BackSnack packs of food they receive on Fridays to take home for the weekend. David Pulliam The Kansas City Star

This holiday season, The Star is again partnering with Harvesters on a virtual food drive to raise money for the area’s hungriest children.

All money goes to Harvesters’ BackSnack program, which provides low-income children with packs of food each Friday to tide them over until they return to school Monday. A $25 donation provides a child BackSnacks for a month; $250 provides BackSnacks for a year.

If you’d like to give, go to feedingkckids.harvestersvfd.org. Or you can send a check to Harvesters, 3801 Topping Ave., Kansas City, MO 64129. You can donate in a loved one’s name, with reader dedications published in The Star’s Christmas edition. The deadline for dedications is 5 p.m. Dec. 21.

This story was originally published December 10, 2014 at 6:19 PM with the headline "Help Harvesters feed the area’s hungriest children."

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