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Chiefs to kick off annual Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive Tuesday

The #Chiefs are kicking off their eighth annual #ChiefsKingdom food drive on Tuesday. Here’s more information on how you can contribute:

The Kansas City Chiefs are set to kick off their eighth annual Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive on Tuesday, Nov. 22nd.

Every year during the holiday season, the Chiefs work to combat hunger in the Kansas City community by hosting a food drive. Through the help of community members and local businesses such as Harvesters – Community Food Network, Hy-Vee, and CommunityAmerica Credit Union, the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive provides food donations to benefit local families in need. A year ago, a record-breaking 343,000 meals were donated.

To celebrate the start of the annual food drive on Tuesday, ‘The Fab Five’ of Chiefs rookie defensive backs are set to join KC Wolf and representatives from Harvesters and Hy-Vee to assemble holiday meal boxes with some of the first items donated to the food drive.

When the Chiefs face the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, Nov. 27, it will serve as the official Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive day at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The club will only be accepting monetary donations during the game — with no boxed or canned food items collected. If you’d like to donate to the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive at the game, you can scan the QR code displayed by volunteers as you enter the stadium gates. Local area Hy-Vee stores will be taking non-perishable food donations now through Monday, November 28.

Fans who wish to make a monetary donation to the Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive prior to or following Sunday’s game are asked to visit the following website: www.chiefs.com/fooddrive.

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Chiefs announce they’ll match all player contributions to Harvesters food bank

126,000 meals and counting will be donated to Harvesters food bank by the Kansas City Chiefs and their players.

Kansas City Chiefs players have continued their charitable work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the early stages, Tyreek Hill extended a philanthropic challenge to his teammates by donating meals to a local area food bank. The result was Hill, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes and Tyrann Mathieu combining to donate a total of 63,000 meals to the Harvesters Community Food Network.

On Sunday evening, the Chiefs franchise took to Twitter to announce that they’ll be making some contributions of their own.

“In response to the challenges many in Chiefs Kingdom face as a result of COVID-19, our current and former players have made contributions to Harvesters and its network of agencies that provide meals to families in need,” the team said in a statement on Twitter, “We are proud of them for all of the work they have done, and continue to do for our community. In support of our players, we’re proud to match all player contributions to Harvesters and its network.”

In the spirit of giving, the team plans to match all player contributions to Harvesters food bank and their network. By my estimates that means the Chiefs will donate 126,000 meals to feed hungry people across Kansas and Missouri. As players continue to get involved and donate, that number will only grow. Together, the players and franchise are determined to help families that have been affected by the coronavirus.

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