Regional food bank is ready to feed more hungry Ozarks families
Ozarks Food Harvest held a ribbon cutting ceremony today at 2810 N. Cedarbrook Ave., unveiling the O’Reilly Center for Hunger Relief, the new home of The Community Food Bank.
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Ozarks Food Harvest Dedicating O’Reilly Center for Hunger Relief
Ozarks Food Harvest will hold its official public dedication event next Tuesday to honor its Compassion in Action campaign donors and dedicate the community’s new food bank, the O’Reilly Center for Hunger Relief.
Local Bank helps “Fill the Food Bank” during September
Great Southern is partnering with Ozarks Food Harvest September 1 – 30 to help Fill the Food Bank through a community-wide food drive at all Springfield Great Southern banking locations.
Chase employees collect nearly six tons of food
Springfield Chase Card Services rallied its employee networking organizations together last month to host a food drive for the community’s regional food bank—Ozarks Food Harvest—collecting a grand total of 11,878 pounds.
OFH Executive honored as influential woman
Ozarks Food Harvest’s director of development and communications, Denise Gibson, was named one of the 20 Most Influential Women for 2009 by the Springfield Business Journal this month.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Convoy of Hope collect food for OFH
Ozarks Food Harvest received 5,773 pounds of food to distribute to its network of hunger relief charities as a result of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Convoy of Hope food drive last week.
OFH named Charitable Organization of the Year, honored with 2009 Economic Impact Award
Southwest Missouri’s regional food bank, Ozarks Food Harvest, was named the 2009 Economic Impact Award winner in the charitable organization category by Springfield Business Journal last week.
Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation Awards $7,500 to Mobile Food Pantry
Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation (OHAF) awarded $7,500 to Ozarks Food Harvest at a press conference held today at The Food Bank’s new facility at 2810 N. Cedarbrook.
Letter to the Editor: Response to reader’s letter
In response to today’s reader letter, “Wal-Mart should donate food items”, I’d like to make it known that the Supercenters here in the Springfield area actually do donate food items — enough for the community’s regional food bank, Ozarks Food Harvest, to meet the increasing needs of its more than 350 partner charities.
OFH Granted $7,000 from MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
For the fifth straight year, one of the largest privately supported philanthropic organizations addressing hunger in America is helping Ozarks Food Harvest fight hunger in southwest Missouri.