www.harvesters.org/
3801 Topping Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64129
816.929.3000
3801 Topping Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64129
816.929.3000
Chief Executive: Stephen Davis
Media Contact: Sarah Biles
Each year, Harvesters - The Community Food Network
distributes 65,503,630 pounds of food to people facing hunger.
Counties served by Harvesters - The Community Food Network:
clay, douglas, franklin, jackson, jefferson, johnson, leavenworth, marshall, miami, nemaha, osage, pottawatomie, riley, shawnee, wabaunsee, washington, wyandotte, bates, carroll, cass, clay, henry, jackson, johnson, lafayette, platte, rayIn the area served by
Harvesters - The Community Food Network
Harvesters - The Community Food Network
1 in 8 people 
face hunger.
face hunger.1 in 6 children face hunger.
Ilka's Story
People know Ilka as “the grandma of the world” because she loves everybody as though they were her own grandchildren.
“The women of my family taught me that community is everything,” she said. “I am sure that they would be proud of me because I have carried on the tradition of loving people through food.”
Ilka always invites neighbors to join in family meals. “It lets them know that they're not forgotten about, that somebody is thinking about them, and that somebody really cares about them,” she said.
This year, Ilka visited Topeka’s Open Arms Outreach Ministries pantry where her