Rashee Rice and Ben VanSumeren pack holiday food boxes for Kansas City families
Chiefs players Rashee Rice and Ben VanSumeren helped pack Hy-Vee holiday food boxes for Harvesters Community Food Network as the Chiefs opened their 12th annual food drive. The boxes were slated for distribution to Kansas City families on Nov. 13 at Unity Southeast Church.
Summary
On Nov. 10, 2026, the Kansas City Chiefs reported that WR Rashee Rice and FB Ben VanSumeren took part in the kickoff of the 12th annual Chiefs Kingdom Food Drive benefiting Harvesters Community Food Network. Working with Chiefs ambassadors, cheerleaders, KC Wolf, Chiefs Kingdom Creators and representatives from Harvesters and Hy-Vee, the players helped pack Hy-Vee holiday food boxes in Kansas City. The team said those boxes would be distributed to Kansas City families at a Nov. 13 event at Unity Southeast Church. The article also described several ways the drive would continue through Nov. 30, including donation opportunities tied to the Chiefs’ Nov. 22 game, nonperishable-food collection at the Chiefs’ Style Lounge, and donation bins at regional Hy-Vee stores. Since 2015, the Chiefs-Hy-Vee effort has raised nearly $900,000 and donated nearly 3.2 million meals across Missouri and Kansas, according to the team.
Why it matters
This action had a direct, practical purpose: preparing holiday food boxes for families in Kansas City, with a specific distribution date and site. The article does not document how many families ultimately received boxes from this packing session, so the demonstrated result is the athletes’ hands-on participation in a larger food-access campaign, not a proven long-term outcome.