Kansas Wheat Commission and Harvest Lark Food Co. donate 20,000 cereal bars

February 1, 2006 - The Kansas Wheat Commission and Harvest Lark Food Co. donated 20,000 whole-grain cereal bars made from Kansas-grown grain for the volunteers and survivors cleaning up and rebuilding the Gulf Coast.

The Second Harvest food relief charity in New Orleans received 6,500 of the bars, with the rest being distributed between work centers in Slidell, La., Metairie, La., Biloxi, Miss. and Ocean Springs, Miss.

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Cheryl Zumbrunn, President and CEO of Harvest Lark Foods, holds a sample of the energy bars donated for the relief effort. Photos courtesy of Lloyd and Doris Dennert .

The energy bars were a hit with Biloxi volunteers .

Unloading at Lamb of God Lutheran relief center in Slidell, La.

Lloyd Dennert (right) and a warehouse volunteer wait for Seth Kaiser to unload a pallet of bars at Metairie, La. on Jan. 27.

A view inside the Ocean Springs, Miss. warehouse that received the wheat bars.