Backpack Program expanding to feed more hungry kids
Ozarks Food Harvest is expanding its Weekend Backpack Program™ to two additional schools in the area for the 2010–2011 school year, bringing the total participating schools to 30.
Ozarks Food Harvest is expanding its Weekend Backpack Program™ to two additional schools in the area for the 2010–2011 school year, bringing the total participating schools to 30.
While most Ozarkers look forward to these hot summer months, those of us working on the frontlines of hunger relief know it’s the toughest season to get through.
Ozarks Food Harvest was chosen as one of only five nonprofit finalists in the entire state for a chance to receive $100,000 from the Walmart Foundation Associate Choice Program.
More than 23 percent of children in Missouri are experiencing food insecurity, according to new research released last week by Ozarks Food Harvest and Feeding America®.