Help Support a Great Cause and Have Fun While Doing It!
Midwest GameFest Online is once again holding a food drive and benefit event for Harvesters again this year. Help us help those in need by purchasing raffle tickets online. Join us for our benefit raffle Saturday at 7:00pm!
Each attendee automatically receives one ticket, but you can help out (and increase your chances of winner) by purchasing tickets online at our Store.
Every $1 helps Harvesters provide three meals.
Raffle Items
This year we've got some great raffle items, including both physicial and digital products all donated by our gracious sponsors and exhibitors.
How to Participate
Make sure you've got raffle tickets. Buy lots to help support Harvesters, but each attendee should have one included with their badge.
Watch the livestream on Twitch Saturday at 7pm.
Discord Server
While our Fall in-person event is hosted in Kansas City, our Spring online event is hosted via Discord, a free text, audio, and video service. Discord is a web-based service that also has great desktop and mobile apps. You don't need anything more than the cell phone, tablet, or web browser you're using right now. There's nothing to download or hook up, but a mic and headset would be great.
Harvesters' Most Needed Items
Nonperishable Food
- Canned vegetables
- Canned fruit
- Boxed meals (Hamburger Helper, Pasta Roni Mac & Cheese)
- Canned meat/tuna
- Peanut butter and jelly
- Canned soup
- Cereal – hot and cold
Household/Personal Care Products
- Soap
- Deodorant
- Shampoo
- Toilet Paper
Most Needed Kid-Friendly Items
Easy-to-open, easy-to-prepare foods such as:
- Protein Items (single-serving canned meat or soup with pop-top, shelf-stable hummus or sun butter, or chicken/tuna salad kit)
- Whole grain items (crackers or pretzels)
- Snack Items (raisins or trail mix)
- Fruit cups with pop-tops or single-serving applesauce
- Granola bars
- Shelf stable milk or juice box (100% juice)
- Peanut butter
- Cereal
About Harvesters
Harvesters is a local food bank, which is a centralized food collection and distribution facility that provides food and household products to agencies serving people in need. In 2008, Harvesters distributed more than 28 million pounds of food and household products in our 13-county direct service area in and around Kansas City. For more information go to www.harvesters.org.
Quick Facts
- Food drives are Harvesters’ best source of high-quality nonperishable foods and household or personal care items.
- All products collected during food drives are distributed in our region through Harvesters’ network of more than 620 nonprofit agencies.
- All the people served by their agencies, 20 percent are seniors.
- Every $1 helps Harvesters provide three meals.
- Food and fund drives also raise awareness about the issue of hunger in the community.