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Musgrave Foundation gifts $120,000 to agencies

Musgrave Foundation gifts $120,000 to agencies

March 10, 2015 in Major giving

The Musgrave Foundation granted a total of $120,000 to select Ozarks Food Harvest partners in February. The funding will be utilized for food for local hunger-relief efforts. The regional food bank, the umbrella organization of more than 200 pantries and programs, will leverage the $120,000 to $1.2 million in food distribution.

The following agencies received a gift from the Musgrave Foundation:

  • Ash Grove Assembly of God
  • Ash Grove Food Pantry
  • Bread of Life food pantry at Marshfield Christian Church
  • Cents of Pride
  • Crosslines
  • C-Street Connect Food Pantry at Crimson House
  • Drury Emergency Fund for Food
  • Hand Extended Food Pantry
  • Kings Food Pantry–Seymour
  • Least of These–Nixa
  • Salvation Army
  • Springfield Community Center
  • Springfield Victory Mission
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church–Billings
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church–Springfield
  • Well of Life Food Pantry at Center City Christian Outreach

The ceremony was hosted at Drury University in conjunction with students kicking off a “Clash of Cans” food drive event. Students and alumni collected nearly 3,000 pounds of food for Ozarks Food Harvest.

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