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Phone: (417) 865-3411 Ozarks Food Harvest |
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September is Hunger Action Month Click The Food Bank’s 30 Ways in 30 Days calendar below to find out how you can take action. Make your pledge and help your community food bank win a truckload of food by publicly committing to fight hunger in the Ozarks. Learn more at hungeractionmonth.org. What’s YOUR way to help? |
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Missouri Community Service Commission state-wide food drive Visit feedingmissouri.org and contribute to the first-ever state-wide food drive in honor of service and emergency response personnel now through September 11. Support Ozarks Food Harvest in the 9-11 Day of Service and Remembrance effort by making a secure online donation through Network for Good.Listen to the PSA! |
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Harvest Soup Cook-off at the Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market Join Ozarks Food Harvest and the service group, Harvest on Wheels, for the Harvest Soup Cook-off at the Greater Springfield Farmers’ Market at the Battlefield Mall on Saturday, September 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring cans of soup to donate to The Food Bank in exchange for samples of soups by local restaurants like Nearly Famous Deli and Farmers Gastropub. Donations of garden produce, nonperishable food items or cash will also be accepted. For more information, call 890-1079 or e-mail harvestonwheels@gmail.com. |
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Walmart Foundation Associate Choice Program Help bring $100,000 from the Walmart Foundation to the Ozarks! Ozarks Food Harvest was chosen as one of only five nonprofit finalists in the entire state for a chance to receive $100,000 from the Walmart Foundation Associate Choice Program! Here’s how you can help—only Walmart and Sam’s Club associates are eligible to vote at myWalmart.com between July 7 and August 13, so if you know an associate, please encourage them to Vote Ozarks Food Harvest. Learn more. Read the press release. |
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Ozarks Food Harvest Food Drive at the Ozark Empire Fair Visit the Ozark Empire Fair on Sunday, August 8th after 3 p.m. and receive FREE parking at gates with food drive collections for Ozarks Food Harvest! Simply bring three nonperishable food items per car. Interested volunteers for this event should contact The Food Bank to sign up. View a map and more information. Read the press release. |
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Child Food Insecurity in Missouri Feeding America® and the ConAgra Foods Foundation released Child Food Insecurity in the United States on July 1, 2010, revealing Missouri has the fifth highest rate of child food insecurity in nation at more than 23 percent—a 3.2 percent increase. Read the press release. |
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HUNGERTHON™ 2010 Thank You Ozarks! With your help, $151213 was collected at HUNGERTHON™ 2010 for The Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program™. The 12th annual radiothon with Alice@95.5 FM raised enough funding to provide just over 400 at-risk children with backpacks filled with nutritious child-friendly foods for them to take home over the weekends. HUNGERTHON gets added donations totaling record-breaking $151,213! |
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Harvest on Wheels When you visit the Greater Springfield Farmer’s Market in the Battlefield Mall parking lot each Saturday, you’re not only supporting local farmers, but you’re also now given the opportunity to help those who need it most. Buy an extra bag of produce and donate it at the Harvest on Wheels booth—their volunteers will deliver it to The Food Bank for you! You are also welcome to donate other food items not necessarily purchased at the Farmer’s Market. |
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Neighborhood Assistance Program Now there is an even more compelling reason to make a gift to The Food Bank’s Feeding Hope Initiatives. The Missouri Department of Economic Development recently approved Ozarks Food Harvest for $500,000 in Neighborhood Assistance Program tax credits. Qualifying donors can receive tax credits of 50% of their donation to The Food Bank. |
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Hunger in America 2010 Hunger in America 2010 is the largest study of domestic hunger, providing comprehensive and statistically-valid data on our emergency food distribution system and the people Feeding America and Ozarks Food Harvest serves. See the dramatic local findings of the massive new report, and to learn how a partnership with the Walmart Foundation State Giving Program and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and its affiliate community foundations is helping feed more people across the Ozarks. |
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Ozarks Harvesting Hope Plan now to plant extra! Become one of the gardeners joining the Ozarks Harvesting Hope service project - a part of the national Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign. Simply plant a little extra in your garden and deliver the produce to Ozarks Food Harvest so that it will reach those who need it most. Watch the PSA! |
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