{"id":86707,"date":"2026-01-01T17:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86707\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:43:08","slug":"manhattan-hy-vee-gives-more-than-3000-to-flint-hills-breadbasket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86707\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Hy-Vee gives more than $3,000 to Flint Hills Breadbasket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; A local food pantry received a big boost on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Manhattan Hy-Vee store donated $3,058.94 to the Flint Hills Breadbasket to help feed local families, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The money was raised in November as food pantries faced unprecedented demand for food assistance because to the delay of SNAP benefit payments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Customers at the Manhattan Hy-Vee were asked to support the effort by rounding up their grocery bill to the nearest dollar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The Flint Hills Breadbasket received a donation of more than $3,000 on New Year\u2019s Day from the...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/YAN7IMOS4JGGPCV7ONLE3JPT3Y.bmp\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>The Flint Hills Breadbasket received a donation of more than $3,000 on New Year\u2019s Day from the Manhattan Hy-Vee store.(KWQC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The $3,058.94 donation is part of the more than $466,000 that Hy-Vee stores raised across the company\u2019s eight-state region. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Flint Hills Breadbasket will use the donation to maintain its supply levels to serve people in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cHy-Vee is always ready to help when we can make a difference,\u201d said Matt Kundert, store director of the Manhattan Hy-Vee store. \u201cKeeping families fed is what Hy-Vee does best and we\u2019re thankful for the generosity of our customers in supporting this important campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hy-Vee stores company-wide also sold approximately 65,000 preassembled food bags, which were donated to food pantries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The bags included pantry staples such as canned fruits and vegetables; pasta; canned proteins; and cereals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fighting food insecurity is a constant focus for Hy-Vee, which has donated more than $70 million through in-kind donations over the past year, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; A local food pantry received a big boost on New Year\u2019s Day. The Manhattan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[12694,6424,41932,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-86707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-donation","9":"tag-flint-hills-breadbasket","10":"tag-hy-vee","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-manhattan-headlines","13":"tag-manhattan-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}