Great Bend Post
In the spirit of giving back to the community, the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce announced a special holiday food drive at this week’s Chamber coffee. Business individuals meet once a week on Thursdays at a local business to learn more about that business and get updated on events occurring throughout the community.
Chamber CEO Megan Barfield said there was a thought to incorporate a food drive into one of their weekly coffee events before Christmas.
"We kicked off the initiative for our end-of-the year celebration where we asked people that were coming to bring a non-perishable food item," said Barfield. "As that developed, we had a Chamber coffee on the books for this Thursday. We thought, why not extend that food drive initiative to the rest of the business community."
The event will take place at the Chamber office, 1125 Williams, on Thursday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Attendees can bring non-perishable food items that will be distributed to local food banks.
"Our executive committee is meeting again on December 20," said Barfield. "We'll see how much we have. I'm reaching out to some of the food banks to get their current state. Is someone overflowing and they're great? We'll go on to the next one. We're doing some research there."
Along with Thursday's event, donations will be accepted until Dec. 20 by bringing the items by 1125 Williams.