Boy Scouts will Scout for Food
Boy Scouts will Scout for Food in Springfield neighborhoods this Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to collect nonperishable food items for Ozarks Food Harvest.
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Letter to the Editor: Cuts to CSFP will hurt most vulnerable seniors
Hunger in Missouri is a reality for one in eight in our state. Thousands of Missourians will go to bed hungry tonight. We have the fifth-worst rate of childhood hunger in the nation and our state experienced the third-highest rate of increase in hunger since 1994.
MSU athletes volunteering at The Food Bank 12 straight hours
Missouri State athletic teams will volunteer at Ozarks Food Harvest from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011.
Food for Fines brings in more than four tons of food
The Springfield-Greene County Library District collected 8,357 pounds of food to benefit Ozarks Food Harvest through the second annual Food for Fines food drive held during the last week of January.
“Biggest Loser” encourages weight loss and feeds local communities
The Biggest Loser” fans can help feed Ozarkers in need this year by participating in the show’s Pound for Pound Challenge, a program that encourages residents in Missouri and people across the country to lose weight nationally to help provide hunger relief locally.
New Year brings dire need for food bank volunteers
Hunger doesn’t end when the holiday season is over. Ozarks Food Harvest has an urgent need for volunteers to accept, sort and repack food donations received during the holidays.
Local grocers’ campaign to feed hungry ends Dec. 31
Shoppers have until Dec. 31 to ‘Check Out’ Hunger for Ozarks Food Harvest at participating area grocers.
Smart Chicken helps feed thousands of Ozarkers in need this holiday season
Smart Chicken will donate 6,500 pounds of frozen chicken to Ozarks Food Harvest. This is the eighth consecutive year Smart Chicken held the Feed the Hungry promotion, donating one pound of chicken to The Food Bank for every ten pounds of products purchased at local grocers.
Cans for Coffee food drive pours in more than 35,000 meals
Ozarks Food Harvest reports the final results of the McDonald’s Cans for Coffee food drive to total more than 14,000 pounds of food, enough to provide nearly 11,000 meals to those in need across southwest Missouri.
USDA report ranks Missouri 7th in nation for overall food insecurity
The USDA reported this week that more than 50 million Americans, including more than 17 million children, are food insecure, or lacking consistent access to a nutritious, well-balanced diet.