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News
Below is a listing of news articles featuring the food bank or covering topics related to our cause. Please click the headlines to read more of each article.
Construction/renovation on Moberly schools to begin Mar. 12.
Moberly, Mo. — Beginning next month, (March 12) the construction and renovation of Moberly High school will begin. The announcement was made Tuesday night at the regular board meeting of the Board of Education. Board President Jeff Lawrence said the construction/renovation project is within budget and that the design team had another meeting Tuesday afternoon. … more
Buddy Pack program in danger
Despite the room being chilly, seven volunteers stood in an assembly line, packing beanie weenies, beefaroni, juice boxes, fruit cups, cereal and vanilla wafers for 899 Cole County children who receive a Buddy Pack. Since 2005, volunteers have been gathering in rented warehouse space and church basements to pack meals for low-income children. The Buddy … more
Group hopes to help cut costs for struggling program that feeds low-income students in Northeast Missouri
HANNIBAL, Mo. — A can of soup or a box of cereal might not seem like much. But Principal Vicki Dudding believes it could make a world of difference in the students she sees each Monday morning at Eugene Field Elementary School. “They come to school better prepared on Monday to learn because they have … more
Mid-Missouri Restaurant Association to present check to food bank
COLUMBIA – The Mid-Missouri Restaurant Association will be presenting a checkto the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri for its Buddy Pack program on Tuesday. According to a news release, the check will represent 10 percent of the amount raised during the first Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week, which took place last month. The Food Bank has not been … more
…Buddy Pack program needs assistance.
Boonville — Started as a way to make sure nearly 400 hungry children in Cooper County would have food to eat, The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri introduced their Buddy Pack program to six county schools. With more than 1,265 children in Cooper County who qualify based solely on financial need, Food Bank … more
Volunteers make a difference
Rolla, Mo. — Imagine you are alone in a large room with long tables holding 5,382 food items, which must be placed in 414 individual bags, then double tied, then delivered, to their respective “homes.” That amount of work would take one person over ten hours per week. Fortunately, that is accomplished, but by more … more
Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri
More than 1,790 children in Audrain County validate for giveaway and reduced dishes during school, and one module that serves them needs assistance from a public, according to a orator with The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri (formerly Central Missouri Food Bank). For many of these children, propagandize lunches are a many healthful … more
Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri
Mexico, Mo. — More than 1,790 children in Audrain County qualify for free and reduced meals at school, and one program that serves them needs help from the public, according to a spokesperson with The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri (formerly Central Missouri Food Bank). For many of these children, school lunches are … more
Helping out the Buddy Pack program
KIRKSVILLE, MO — For Wednesday’s Facebook Story of The Day, many of you wanted to know more about the Buddy Pack Program in Northeast Missouri. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri partners with elementary schools across the region to provide a backpack filled with kid-friendly nutritious foods that children in need can … more
Food Bank launches ‘Adopt-a-Buddy’ program
The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri has started an “Adopt a Buddy” module so that it can continue to yield food for propagandize children over weekends. The Food Bank’s Buddy Pack module provides a lowest children with healthy food to take home over a weekend, when they don’t get propagandize lunches. This includes … more