Ozarks Food Harvest received a $20,000 grant from The Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation this month as part of the Foundation’s three-year, $1 million grant to Feeding America to support critical child hunger initiatives nationwide.
Award-winning artist Hunter Hayes is performing at JQH Arena this Saturday and he’s lending his voice to help spread awareness of child hunger in southwest Missouri, thanks to a partnership with Ozarks Food Harvest and ConAgra Foods’ Child Hunger Ends Here program.
Hundreds of “Hunger Heroes” are donating time at Ozarks Food Harvest this month during National Volunteer Month. The regional food bank distributes more than 13.5 million pounds of food in a calendar year.
Moark, LLC, Land O’Lakes’ wholly-owned egg subsidiary, is helping food insecure people in the Ozarks by donating 12,600 cartons of eggs — or 151,200 eggs — to the regional food bank, Ozarks Food Harvest.
Ozarks Food Harvest received a $15,000 gift from the Caterpillar Foundation to help bring more food to people struggling with hunger in the Ozarks, including the West Plains area, which is home to a Caterpillar facility.
Area Boy Scouts are wrapping up a month-long food drive this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at all Walmart Supercenters in Springfield, the Neighborhood Market on Republic Rd. and the Walmart in Ozark.
Nearly 80 grocery stores partnered with Ozarks Food Harvest to help Check Out Hunger over the holidays. The grand total of $36,515 was collected in check-out lanes across the Ozarks.
Moe’s Southwest Grill is coming to Springfield, Mo with a special grand opening fundraiser. Event-goers will receive All You Can Eat when they donate $10 for Ozarks Food Harvest.
Six Springfield and Branson chefs are competing in the Missouri Pork Association’s Taste of Elegance event. Ozarks Food Harvest is event partner for fifth consecutive year.
Boy Scouts across the Ozarks are going door-to-door in March to collect nonperishable food items for Ozarks Food Harvest during their 25th annual Scouting for Food food drive. The project wraps up on Saturday, March 29 with a one-day, community-wide food drive at several Walmart locations.