Our Programs
We distribute food and funds to 270 nonprofits monthly, WHILE OPERATING several ADDITIONAL programS
Ozarks Food Harvest receives, processes and distributes enough food for nearly 2 million meals each month. That’s enough food to fill 73 semi-trucks, carrying $2.75 million worth of groceries to a network of 270 charities, and that’s every month. The majority of the food received at the O’Reilly Center for Hunger Relief, the home of Ozarks Food Harvest, is donated. These donations are inspected and repacked by about 1,650 volunteers each year. Last year, The Food Bank infused more than $37 million into the Ozarks’ economy, making Ozarks Food Harvest the largest umbrella charity in southwest Missouri, providing the most resources to nonprofits in the region.
The Food Bank also offers six feeding programs and two additional donation programs, beyond food distribution for a network of partners across 28 counties.
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72
Semi-trucks of food
valued at $2.5 million are distributed monthly
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$36.8M
Infused into the Ozarks
by Ozarks Food Harvest each and every year, and it's growing
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270
Network partners
work together to Transform Hunger into Hope
Children's Programs
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Weekend Backpack Program
The Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program provides children facing hunger with a bag of nutritious, child-friendly food to take home every weekend of the school year when they might otherwise go without.
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After-School Food
During the school year, Ozarks Food Harvest sponsors local after-school sites through federally funded programs that help provide nutritious meals to children when they’re not at school.
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Summer Food
Ozarks Food Harvest sponsors local summer kids’ sites through federally funded programs that help provide nutritious meals to children when they’re not at school.
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Family and Senior Programs
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Mobile Food Pantry
Ozarks Food Harvest’s Mobile Food Pantry program delivers groceries directly to towns where food assistance is scarce. Product is served off a truck to families and seniors facing hunger in just a couple hours.
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Senior Food
Ozarks Food Harvest partners with senior centers, churches and food pantries to distribute more than 4,000 boxes of USDA food to income-eligible seniors every month.
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SNAP
Ozarks Food Harvest provides application assistance to individuals applying for SNAP benefits.
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