General Mills grants $10,000 for Backpack Program
The General Mills’ Team Joplin Community Action Council presented a $10,000 grant from the General Mills Foundation to Ozarks Food Harvest to help support the Weekend Backpack Program.
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Apron Fashion Show and auction helps feed families in need
Tea Bar & Bites Bakery and Café hosted an Apron Fashion Show, auctioning off donated hand-made or vintage aprons in a silent and live auction, to benefit Ozarks Food Harvest during Hunger Action Month.
Retired News-Leader editor Linda Leicht joins Ozarks Food Harvest
After 16 years at the News-Leader, and 36 years as a journalist, Linda Leicht announced she was retiring from journalism last month and beginning a new career at the regional food bank.
Ozarks Food Harvest needs community’s vote to help “Fight Hunger. Spark Change.”
Ozarkers can help bring $60,000 to southwest Missouri to feed more families in need simply by casting a vote for Ozarks Food Harvest.
Hungerthon raises $125,000 for Ozarks Food Harvest
Ozarks Food Harvest and Alice 95.5’s 16th annual radio-thon, Hungerthon, wrapped up at 10:30 this morning, collecting a grand total of $125,000 for The Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program. The program provides food insecure children with nutritious, child-friendly food items to take home over the weekends.
Alice 95.5 hosts 16th annual Hungerthon for OFH
Ozarks Food Harvest and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment’s Alice 95.5 will kick off the 16th annual Hungerthon radio-thon Friday morning in hopes of raising $125,000 for The Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program.
Shop2Care Foundation benefits Ozarks Food Harvest
Ozarks Food Harvest has been selected as one of 20 initial U.S. charities to receive donations through Shop2Care, a new nonprofit online charitable shopping program.
September is Hunger Action Month
Hunger advocates from Springfield and across the country will be wearing orange in an effort to raise awareness of the 49 million people in the United States who struggle with hunger. It’s just one of the many awareness events taking place throughout the month of September in recognition of Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month.
Drury student secures Weekend Backpack Program grant
Thanks to a Drury University student, dozens of local children will continue to receive food from Ozarks Food Harvest over the weekends through The Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program.
More than 100 volunteers serving Ozarks Food Harvest on Day of Caring
More than 100 community members from local businesses — AECI, City Utilities, Dillons, Fed Ex (Ground), Global University, Mercy (Marketing) and Regions Bank — are giving time to Ozarks Food Harvest on United Way’s annual Day of Caring.