Volunteer Kansas helped make possible the largest food-packaging event in the world. With the help of The Wichita Rotary Club, KWCH and 1,700 volunteers recruited by Volunteer Kansas, 479,034 meals were packaged in 45 minutes and thousands of pounds of canned goods were collected for area food pantries. This event fed 800 starving Haitians for two years. The event also set a Guinness World Record for the most meals packaged in one hour.

Volunteer Kansas has been an invaluable tool and resource for the annual Convoy of Hope Wichita event. The Volunteer Kansas website has made signing up as a volunteer very simple. It provides one place for Convoy of Hope Wichita to look for their volunteers. Jake and I have volunteered with Nola for several years at Convoy of Hope, checking in volunteers, making sure all documents have been received, and t-shirts distributed. Everything always runs smoothly.

In today’s world there is no shortage of worthwhile causes in need of volunteers to help them create systemic, sustainable change. Likewise, more people than ever are ready and willing to give back their time and energy but aren’t sure where to start. Volunteer Kansas is the conduit connecting great volunteers to amazing opportunities around our entire state. We are grateful for Volunteer Kansas’ partnership, helping us find the right volunteers!