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Archive for January, 2012
Food Bank officials: Buddy Pack program needs sponsors
More than 2,180 kids in Saline County financially qualify for free and reduced priced lunches at school, and one program that serves them needs support, according to a news release from The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, formerly Central Missouri Food Bank.For several of these children, school lunches are the most if not [...]
Need increases for food backpack programs across county
Every weekend during the school year, an average of 332 food-stuffed backpacks go home with Callaway students in need. Fulton and South Callaway elementary schools benefit from The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri’s Buddy Pack program, while North Callaway elementary schools’ backpack program is sponsored by the North Callaway Christian Alliance. The majority [...]
Food bank’s Buddy Pack program in need
Correction appended Before one of Columbia’s snowstorms last winter, a teacher told her first-grade students they would be off school the next day, a Friday. The announcement was met with cheers from most students, but one little girl began to cry. Fridays are Buddy Pack days, and without a Buddy Pack filled with nutritious staples [...]
Central Bank donates to The Food Bank
Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. — Greg Gagnon (far right), President and CEO of Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks, presents a donation check to Rick Huffstutter (far left), Director of Donor Relations at The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, and Eva Seibert (middle), Regional Coordinator for The Food Bank. The Food [...]
Permanent food pantry in Osage Beach now open
As of January, The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri will deliver approximately 20,000 pounds of food to Beacon of Hope’s food pantry every month. The pantry will be open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Items are distributed to anyone seeking help. There are no qualifications or specific eligibility requirements. Products [...]
Students line up to answer call, volunteer time on MLK day
After devoting six hours to 19 community service organizations, more than 150 Truman State students, faculty and staff were reminded to carry their feelings of good-will and caring beyond the holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For its fourth year, about 170 university members met in the morning and split into groups to serve [...]
Restaurant Tab Funds Food Bank
COLUMBIA- Starting Friday, a dinner for two can buy a week’s worth of food for a school kid. The first mid-Missouri Restaurant Week kicks off Friday and runs through January 22. Several restaurants across Columbia, Jefferson City, and Rocheport are donating a percentage of the price of certain meals to the “Buddy Pack” Program. Participating [...]
Club CoMo raises money for food bank
The Club CoMo volleyball team held its Serve A Thon on Sunday and raised $1,500 for the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri. Thirty-seven players participate. Click here to read original article.
Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week Benefits Buddy Pack Program
COLUMBIA – Local mid-Missouri restaurants are teaming up with the Food Bank for the first Mid-Missouri Restaurant Week. Restaurants have put special meals on their menus and will donate ten percent of the money raised to the food bank’s “Buddy Pack” program. The program serves 7,800 children throughout 32 counties. Missouri is the fifth worst [...]
Donations being collected for backpack program
Hannibal, MO — They’re simple things that may be taken for granted. Things like toiletries, bathing supplies and full meals are just part of many households, but others struggle to make ends meet. Many families are hurting in the current economy and can’t afford most meals, let alone simple hygienic products. While parents have to [...]