Land O’Lakes donates truckload of food to OFH
Ozarks Food Harvest received a truckload of margarine and cheese sauce from a national donor, Land O’Lakes, today at noon at its warehouse in north Springfield.
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Kraft Foods, Inc. and Slusher Foundation honored
The Ozarks Region Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) recognized National Philanthropy Day on Friday, honoring Kraft Foods, Inc. as the Corporation of the Year and the Roy W. Slusher Foundation as Foundation of the Year.
Tyson Foods, Inc. donates truckload of chicken to OFH
Tyson Foods, Inc. will donate nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to Ozarks Food Harvest in the name of the fourth annual McDonald’s Cans for Coffee food drive for 28 southwest Missouri counties.
Area grocers check-out hunger
Sixty local grocery stores in nearly 40 communities will participate in the thirteenth annual Check Out Hunger campaign to help feed the 20,000 people Ozarks Food Harvest’s network of charities serves weekly across 28 Missouri counties.
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.
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.