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Archive for December, 2011
Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week to benefit Food Bank
COLUMBIA — Several restaurants in Columbia, Rocheport and Jefferson City will introduce special menus for the Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week from Jan. 13 to 22. For 10 days, participating restaurants will have special $10 to $15 lunch menus and $20 to $30 dinner menus, along with their regular menus. Ten percent of the revenue will go [...]
Food bank distributes produce, meats at Paquin Tower
COLUMBIA — One 10-pound sack of potatoes. Three honeydew melons. Three cucumbers. Two packages of carrots. One bag of grapefruit. Plus some buns and tomatoes. That’s what each of the visitors who came to a mobile food pantry at Paquin Tower received Friday morning from The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. “Sharing food. [...]
800,000 pounds of food given out last year – and no signs of slowing
Morgan County, Mo. — Every month, the food pantry at Rocky Mount Baptist Church serves more people than the town’s population. In fact, twice as many people. In November, the food pantry – Visions Unlimited – served more than 3,000 people, or clients, as they are called. That’s double the population of Rocky Mount – [...]
Agriculture Department wraps one initiative, kicks off another
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced the success of its 10,000 Gardens Initiative. Missouri Agriculture Director Jon Hagler announces the success of the 10,000 Gardens Initiative Announced in March, the goal was to have gardens across the state registered, with prizes being offered every time a new milestone of 1,000 was reached. The final [...]
10,000 Gardens in Missouri
COLUMBIA – Across the state, Missourians have planted 10,000 new gardens this year. Missouri Ag Director John Hagler recognized the milestone of 10,000 gardens at a ceremony Tuesday morning. The 10,000th garden was recorded this fall, completing the department’s goal. More than 3.6 million square feet has been built over 85 acres around the state. [...]
Advisory: Dept. of Ag to Celebrate 10,000th Garden, Launch New Harvest for Hunger Campaign for Winter Months
Over 10,000 Missourians joined in the effort to get gardens growing throughout the state this year. The 10,000th garden in the 10,000 Garden Challenge was registered late last week. Tomorrow, Dec. 20, Director of Agriculture Dr. Jon Hagler will recognize the accomplishments of all involved in the Challenge, as well as the Columbia resident who [...]
Annual “Happy New U” event planned for New Year’s Day
COLUMBIA — Columbia residents whose New Year’s resolutions include exercising and staying healthy could start working toward their goals with “Happy New U.” The fourth annual “Happy New U,” hosted by the Mayor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health, is a free event on New Year’s Day. The event will feature workouts and demonstrations of [...]
One Million Pounds of Food in One Day!
Thank you so much for making this year’s Clear 99 One for One Holiday Food Drive for The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri such a huge success! Over ONE MILLION pounds of food was collected! 1,173,298 pounds and still counting! That will provide almost 990,000 meals for families, senior citizens and the working [...]
Food drive reaches million-pound goal
Organizers for a roughly monthlong effort to gather 1 million pounds of food for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri surpassed their goal, with food and cash donations equaling 1,173,298 pounds of food this morning. Mayor Bob McDavid issued the Million Pound Challenge last month to aid the food bank as it faces [...]
Huge holiday food drive kicks off
A food drive with high hopes kicked off Thursday morning. The One for One Holiday Food Drive hopes to collect a million items in 12 hours. The food drive started at 6:00 a.m. Thursday and lasts until 6:00 p.m. Volunteers will collect non-perishable food and household items, along with monetary donations at the corner of Broadway and [...]