A Harvesters food distribution event is planned at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Sunset Hills Christian Church, 6347 Leavenworth Road.
The food distribution is sponsored by the church, Harvesters and the Leavenworth Road Association.
Lou Braswell, executive director of the Leavenworth Road Association, said this will be a drive-through event, and people will not get out of their vehicles. There will be signs directing people to the food distribution area. The event is estimated to last an hour and a half or two hours, she said.
It will be open to Kansas City, Kansas, residents who have a driver’s license or a utility bill showing they live in Kansas City, Kansas, she said. Recipients do not have to show need.
Each vehicle will receive one box of food, she said. Volunteers will place the box in the vehicle’s trunk or back seat. Police officers will be present to assist with traffic. The volunteers at the event will not have time to discuss the items or have conversations with the recipients, she said.
There are expected to be a variety of food items, and generally, the recipients do not choose the items. Braswell said there might be items such as potatoes, cereal, eggs or coffee available. If the recipient, for example, receives too many potatoes, he or she should later share them with someone else who could use them, she said.
Braswell said the Leavenworth Road Association was happy to be out and assisting people in this food distribution.
There are plans to hold more food distributions in the future at this site, perhaps once a month, depending on how it goes, she added.