Racers from Grace Welcome Center speed through Kenosha Festival Foods at last week’s Race for the Hungry.

Our 13th annual Race for the Hungry took place in three locations last Wednesday, February 16, to help area food pantries. The annual community event sees representatives from the pantries dashing through supermarkets to fill their shopping carts with items to be donated to the nonprofits.

Representatives from the Milwaukee Christian Center get ready to race at El Rey Foodmart.

At El Rey Foodmart, racers collected $652.31 of groceries for the Milwaukee Christian Center. At Kenosha Festival Foods, racers gathered $542.73 in groceries for Grace Welcome Center. And at Menasha Piggly Wiggly, racers picked up $569.52 in items for St. Joseph’s Food Program.

Todd’s Painting of Menasha, a North Shore Bank business customer, donated another $500 to St. Joseph’s at the race.

Celebrating a successful race at Menasha Piggly Wiggly.

The winner of each race received a $100 gift card, and the runner-up received a gift card for $50.

All three food pantries were also partners in this month’s Bank on Kindness initiative.