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News - November
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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.
Backpacks packed with food, love for needy children
Date: Nov 28, 2009Author: Rosa Ruiz, Jefferson City News Tribune
The final traces of the Thanksgiving turkey have been pushed to the back of the refrigerator. Only crumbs are left of the delicious homemade desserts that crowded the holiday table.
But for many on Thursday, particularly Jefferson City chi... more
Area food pantries see spike in customers
Date: Nov 26, 2009Author: Trysta Eakin of Lake News Online
Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. — Repercussions of recession have finally made its way to central Missouri as numbers of food bank customers continue to rise.
The Missouri Food Bank Association reported this week that demand at some pantries hav... more
Food banks in Missouri report ‘serious’ problem
Date: Nov 25, 2009Author: Terry Ganey
Hunger is a growing problem in Missouri, according to an association that represents six food banks throughout the state.
“The increase in demand knows few boundaries,” said Karen Haren, president of the Missouri Food Bank Association.... more
106 backpacks for the children of Moberly
Date: Nov 22, 2009Author: Bob Greene, CNN Contributor
Editor's note: CNN Contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose new book is "Late Edition: A Love Story."
(CNN) -- Every Friday afternoon, the backpacks are placed carefully on the floors of the hallways in the elementary ... more
"Share the Harvest" program expanded
Date: Nov 16, 2009Author: Kermit Miller of KRCG TV-13
BOONE COUNTY -- Every year, Missouri hunters bag thousands of white tail deer. Many hunters have little or no use for the meat.
"Protein is the hardest thing for us to come by on a consistent basis,” Central Missouri Food Bank Peggy Kirk... more
Walmart Encourages Employees to Volunteer
Date: Nov 15, 2009Author: MyMissourian.com
Story shared by Mike DeSantis, CMFB Marketing Coordinator.
Walmart stores in Columbia encouraged their employees to volunteer this summer — find a good cause and support it. Several Wal-Mart employees worked their regular shifts off the ... more
Central Missouri Food Bank shreds deed, strengthens fight against hunger
Date: Nov 19, 2008Author: Katie Rookstool of The Columbia Missourian
One good deed resulted in the shredding of another — a mortgage deed.
Despite tough economic times and tight budgets, donations from the Columbia Orthopaedic Group enabled the Central Missouri Food Bank to pay off its lingering mortg... more