1. Southern Leavenworth
County Leadership Class
2011-2012

2. Why a food drive?
• Statistics
• 9.5% of the county lives below poverty level
• In 2010, residents received $7.3 million in
benefits – up from $4.4 Million in 2008
• Impact on all communities
• Personal stories

3. Tonganoxie

4. Demographics
• Population: 4,996
• Labor Force: 2,852
• Unemployment Rate: 5.9%
• Median Household Income:
$50,793

5. Good Shepherd
• 86 families received assistance of some kind in the month
of January:
• Rent (8)
• Utilities (44)
• Medicine (3)
• The food pantry has one full-time volunteer and up to 80
volunteers that help run the thrift store.
• The Good Shepherd only helps Leavenworth County
residents. A family can receive a food bag every 2
months if needed.

6. Getting Creative…
Creative
• Getting the community involved in donating was not always easy.
• Brad Eccles/Tonganoxie Recreation Department organized a Food
Drive Competition involving the Tonganoxie athletic teams.
• The team that donated the most food/ hygiene items earned a pizza
party!!
• The TRC Youth Basketball League consists of 12 Boys & Girls Teams.
• 489 items were collected, the winning team donated 300 items
• The food drive created friendly competition for the kids while creating
awareness of those less fortunate.
• If employees of First State Bank & Trust donated 5 or more items to the
Food Drive they were allowed to wear jeans to work on Friday, February
24th.

7. 866 Total Items
Donated!
• Contributions from various
organizations within the
Tonganoxie community
• Tonganoxie Recreation
Department: 400 items
• First State Bank & Trust: 266
items
• Other donations contributed
from; B&J Country Mart,
Dollar General, Tonganoxie
Post Office.

8. Leavenworth - Lansing

9. Demographics

10. Catholic Charities
Leavenworth
Assistance
Alliance Against Family
Violence

11. Out in the Community

12. 1,649 Total Items
Donated!
• Contributions collected from
various businesses
• Lansing Library and City Hall
• Saturday morning food drives
• Basketball games

13. Basehor

14. Demographics
• Population: 4,610
• Labor Force: 2,874
• Unemployment Rate: 2.9%
• Median Household Income: $66,047

15. Basehor Linwood
Assistant Services

16. From Around the
Community

17. 1,048 Total Items
Donated!
• Contributions from various
organizations within the
Basehor community
• High School Basketball game:
100 items
• Basehor Community Library:
570 items
• Balanced Out Massage:
110 items
• Other donations collected
from: Sarah’s Dance Studio,
Dollar General, First State
Bank

18. What did we learn?
• Not all resources are well known in the
communities they serve
• Greater need for services exist than most of
us realized
• Need for services is not seasonal
• Some assistance services provide monetary
assistance

19. What We Might Have Done
Differently
• Think outside of the box
• Group communications
• Project selection