(KAIR)--An area food bank has begun a collection effort to assist local government employees affected by the partial government shutdown.
According to a news release, Saint Joseph, Missouri-based Second Harvest Community Food Bank has launched a Facebook fundraiser “to provide emergency food boxes in Leavenworth to the workers who are not getting paid.”
The release says the boxes will contain enough food to feed up to three meals for a family of four.
Second Harvest’s Communications Coordinator, Blake Haynes, in the release, said the food bank continues its regular efforts in conjunction with the special effort, adding that Second Harvest wants “to make sure that every individual that is in need is getting provided services.”
Second Harvest provides food-assistance for 19 counties in both northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, including such local counties as Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Leavenworth, and Buchanan.
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