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SPS and Ozarks Food Harvest to raise awareness and meals during Food Fight 2020

SPS and Ozarks Food Harvest to raise awareness and meals during Food Fight 2020

October 22, 2019 in Food drive

Springfield Public Schools will participate in Food Fight 2020, Ozarks Food Harvest’s 9th annual district-wide food drive competition, Jan. 13-24.

Schools: Register Your Drive Partners: Register Your Drive

Food Fight 2020 is a food and fund drive competition among Springfield Public Schools. The mission of the Food Fight competition is to raise hunger awareness across the district and stock community and school pantry shelves following the holiday season.

Schools participating between January 13-24 have the opportunity to partner with an area business or organization. All of the food and funds collected at the business will go toward the partnering school’s final donation total.

Trophies will be presented to the winning middle and high schools collecting the most meals per student through the collection of funds or nonperishable food donations. Elementary schools will compete among their schools’ classrooms. Five elementary classrooms that collect the most within each feeder pattern will receive field trips to The Food Bank.

Get everything you need to promote Food Fight with your school or business here:

Need some support for your school or business’ social media pages? Download the social share graphic and check out the toolkit for post ideas! You can also share the most needed items list to help participants decide what they want to donate.

All food donations collected during Food Fight will directly impact local agencies and SPS school pantries. All funds will support SPS students through Ozarks Food Harvest’s Weekend Backpack Program.

Schools: Register Your Drive Partners: Register Your Drive

If you have any questions about this campaign, please contact Jennifer Sickinger at jsickinger@ozarksfoodharvest.org or Sarah Byrd at sbyrd@ozarksfoodharvest.org.