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Archive for April, 2012
MSA plans to open food pantry for MU students, faculty
The Missouri Students Association will launch a food pantry in the fall to help MU students and faculty in need of assistance getting food. In three months, MSA Director of Student Services Nick Droege has taken Tiger Pantry from an idea to a reality. Droege got the idea for the pantry after a trip to [...]
Adopt A Buddy Initiative Will Provide More Students Food Next School Year
COLUMBIA – The Central and Northeast Missouri Food Bank is able to continue the Buddy Pack program with the success of its Adopt a Buddy initiative. Nearly 2,000 children have been “adopted” since the end of January. Adopting a child means paying fifteen dollars each month to ensure one child has food over the weekend. [...]
MU to open food pantry
In the future, University of Missouri students and employees won’t have to stray far from campus if they need a little help putting food on the table. A new food pantry is expected to open in the fall. Negotiations for the location are in the works, but Tiger Pantry will be within walking distance of [...]
Cardboard boat races raise money for food bank
It was pretty much sink or swim for most of the cardboard boat contraptions trying to compete in Columbia’s first cardboard boat regatta yesterday. No doubt, Lenoir Woods retirement community had one of the snazziest designs — a picnic-basket shaped creation with a handle, which took home the Best Decorated Boat Award. In the water [...]
Backpack program solvent, volunteer tells Palmyra school board
PALMYRA, Mo. — A volunteer leader with the Buddy Pack feeding program at Palmyra Elementary School sought to reassure the Palmyra R-1 Board of Education Tuesday that the program is locally solvent and stable, in the face of reports that the program is running short on funding on a regional level. Tamara Reed said during [...]
Food bank holds dumpster dive for ‘Float your Boat’ race
COLUMBIA —The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri is hosting a dumpster dive for the teams participating in the “Float Your Boat for The Food Bank” boat race. The dumpster dive is a kickoff event for the teams competing in the boat race April 21 at Philips Lake. The boats in the race will [...]