Missouri State University students are helping end hunger simply by eating bowls of cereal in campus dining halls this month. For every bowl of cereal consumed by the students, Kellogg’s is donating a bowl of cereal to Ozarks Food Harvest, the regional food bank.
The Springfield Hy-Vee is the newest store to participate in Ozarks Food Harvest’s Retail Pick-Up Program, which rescues products that do not meet standards for retail sale, but remain safe for consumption.
The board of directors at Ozarks Food Harvest recently elected its newest volunteer officers.
Panera Bread will donate $1–$2 per five select menu items purchased as part of its initiative to support Ozarks Food Harvest’s Weekend Backpack Program.
Moark, LLC, Land O’Lakes’ wholly-owned egg subsidiary, is donating 4,500 cartons of eggs—or 54,000 eggs—to Ozarks Food Harvest.
The annual Cowboy Classic Pro Rodeo will partner with Ozarks Food Harvest to collect food donations. Attendees are asked to bring canned food donations for The Food Bank in exchange for a $1 discount on admission.
Boy Scouts will Scout for Food in Springfield neighborhoods Saturday to collect nonperishable food items for Ozarks Food Harvest. This is the 23rd year local Boy Scouts have partnered with The Food Bank for the national community service project, Scouting for Food.
Sixty local grocery stores in nearly 40 communities collected $22,000 during Ozarks Food Harvest’s 13th annual Check Out Hunger campaign in November and December to help feed those in need in southwest Missouri.
A local foundation granted major gifts to 10 Lebanon and West Plains-area organizations at a news conference today at the OTC Lebanon Education Center at 22360 Highway MM in Lebanon.
Country music superstar Brad Paisley’s Virtual Reality World Tour 2012 is coming to Springfield on Feb. 25 and will help feed those in need by collecting non-perishable food items and monetary donations for Ozarks Food Harvest.