Emily Henry is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Harvesters, a food bank located in Lawrence, serving 27 counties in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas. A food bank acquires and stores food in bulk and transports it to local partners like the Ballard Center and Just Food, homeless shelters and community kitchens. Harvesters relies on volunteers to sort and repackage food for distribution. The organization also offers educational programs to teach about hunger and serves as a disaster relief site. One in seven people in our region experience food insecurity. Lawrence Central Rotary members recently had a productive volunteer work day at Harvesters on February 28.
