A single mom of three, Kathrine moved herself and her kids to the Ozarks to help care for her grandparents as their health declined. Their new life in southwest Missouri looks a lot different from their old home on the east coast, trading oceans and rivers for hills and cows, the Outer Banks for a mini farm – and one job for three to make ends meet.
Jacob Waggoner went straight from high school to serving his country, and today he continues his service at home by helping to feed his hungry neighbors.
After retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps, Waggoner moved to Springfield to attend college at Missouri State University. That’s when he learned that thousands of people in the Ozarks struggle with hunger.
Freeman Kleier’s life has been marked by service to others. First to his country, and now to those struggling with hunger in the Ozarks.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1955 at 18 years old. “We went on our senior trip and I went home the next morning to go to Kansas City to be sworn in.”