BELLEVILLE – Food banks in four Northcentral Kansas counties, as well as flooded communities in Nebraska, received a total of 15,000 meals packaged by 150 Republic County High School students and school staff.

The Feb. 8 service project coordinated by the Republic County FFA and KAYS was planned to help fight food insecurity. The project was expanded to help flood victims in Nebraska when that need arose shortly after the meal packaging event.

The food items for the “Something to Eat” meals packaged in the Commercial Building at the NCK Fairgrounds were ordered from a company based in the Kansas City area.