“Go for the Green” Food Drive – thru 3/17

February 1 – March 17 at area Price Choppers, local schools and online.The “Go for The Green” Food Drive is a unique opportunity for schools to combat hunger in our community. For the past 27 years, the Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has sponsored this drive, and Price Chopper has joined in the effort by hosting food collection barrels in each of their stores.

Donate Online – This year we have recruited other Irish organizations and businesses to join us in an online competition through the Virtual Food Drive to raise the most. When you donate online, you can choose the school, organization or business to donate on behalf of.

About Harvesters — The Community Food Network

Harvesters is celebrating 33 years of service in 2012. As Kansas City’s only food bank, Harvesters is a clearinghouse for the collection and distribution of food and related household products. Covering a 13-county metropolitan area, Harvesters serves more than 550 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Agencies in Harvesters’ network provide food assistance to more than 50,000 different people each week. Harvesters is a certified member of America’s Second Harvest, a nationwide network of 200 food banks, serving all 50 states.

For more information, visit www.harvesters.org.