In the field Hunters will donate
venison to feed the hungry...
GREAT BEND - Kansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry, with
cooperation from three area processors, will again receive
deer donated by local hunters.
The processed venison goes to food banks, soup kitchens
and churches that help distribute the meat to needy
families.
Sponsored in this area by the Central Prairie Resource
Conservation and Development Council, last year the program
took in 117 deer that processed into 9,740 pounds of
venison. A goal of 10,000 pounds of meat has been set for
this year.
The program has contributed a total of 56,000 pounds of
fresh meat to families over the past seven years, said Dan
Curtis, Central Prairie RC&D project director.
Field-dressed animals can be delivered to Burkhart Meats,
Kinsley; Krehbiels, McPherson; or Yoder Meats, Yoder. A $25
processing charge at Yoder Meats is paid by the Reno County
RC&D.
Hunters can write off the meat as a donation on their
taxes.
The eight-county Central Prairie RC&D covers Barton,
Edwards, Ellsworth, McPherson, Pawnee, Reno, Rice and
Stafford counties.
For more information, contact Dan Curtis at (620)
792-6224. |
