1984 donates portion of Nov. proceeds to Ozarks Food Harvest
1984 Arcade in downtown Springfield is donating $0.25 to Ozarks Food Harvest for each paid admission during Nov.
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McDonald’s Cans for Coffee begins Monday
McDonald’s locations across the Ozarks will host the fourth annual Cans for Coffee food drive, offering customers one free small McCafé® Mocha, Latte, Cappuccino, Hot Chocolate, Premium Roast Coffee or Iced Coffee in exchange for a donation of a non-perishable food item for Ozarks Food Harvest.
Springfield’s first-ever “Food Day” benefits OFH
The new national holiday—Food Day—is being celebrated locally this Saturday, Oct. 22, in downtown Springfield, and it’s all benefitting Ozarks Food Harvest.
Kickapoo hosts 10th annual fall carnival for OFH
Kickapoo High School (KHS) students will host the tenth annual fall carnival and safe trick-or-treating to benefit Ozarks Food Harvest. Children may attend for a minimum donation of two nonperishable food items per person.
OFH challenges local schools to a food fight
Ozarks Food Harvest is challenging the community’s elementary, middle and high schools to the 2011 Food Fight, a week-long food drive competition to see which school can collect the most pounds of food per student.
U.S. Bank sponsors Mobile Food Pantry in Neosho
The Southwest Chapter of the U.S. Bank Development Network is sponsoring a Mobile Food Pantry distribution for 250 community members in Neosho, passing out food items and household supplies from Ozarks Food Harvest’s truck in the U.S. Bank parking lot.
Great Southern kicks off Hunger Action Month food drive
The community and Great Southern are partnering with Ozarks Food Harvest during Hunger Action Month. The Food Bank and Great Southern will make announcements at the grand opening of the newest Great Southern banking center in Springfield.
Hunger Challenge ends next month, New child insecurity data unveiled
Ozarks Food Harvest and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks’ second Million Dollar Hunger Challenge for OFH member pantries and CFO affiliate foundations ends next month, and more than half of the participating nonprofits have yet to meet the challenge in order to receive matching funds.
Weekend Backpack Program starts Friday
Ozarks Food Harvest provides backpacks with child-friendly food for students to take home over the weekends, when they do not have access to free and reduced breakfasts and lunches at school, or evening meals and snacks at after-school feeding programs.
American Egg Board hosts breakfast for Joplin
America’s egg farmers will provide a free breakfast for the Joplin community.The American Egg Board will also make a donation of 54,000 eggs to Ozarks Food Harvest.