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News - December
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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.
Help Restore the Food Supply
Date: Dec 18, 2009Author: St. James Leader
St. James, Mo. -
In the wake of recent layoffs and with record unemployment rates, thousands of central and northeastern Missourians who never dreamed they would need help from a food bank are now making desperate choices to put food on the tab... more
Kids follow cook’s example
Date: Dec 18, 2009Author: Jonathon Braden, Columbia Daily Tribune
Drive pays tribute to ‘Ms. Betty.’
Eleven- and 12-year-olds dashed into the cafeteria all week armed with canned goods.
They’d stop near the designated barrels for sixth- and seventh-graders’ contributions, placin... more
Strain on Pantries Inspires Food Drive
Date: Dec 16, 2009Author: KOMU TV-8
COLUMBIA - Record breaking numbers set the bar for the One for One Holiday Food Drive.
The Central Missouri Food Bank says more people came asking for help in November ever before. The Central Missouri Food Bank teamed up with Inside Colum... more
Director of Revenue Praises Efforts of Food Pantries; Promotes Use of Tax Credit
Date: Dec 15, 2009Author: Moberly Monitor
Moberly, Mo. - Alana M. Barragan-Scott, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, today visited the Cherith Brook Food Pantry to make citizens and businesses aware of the opportunity they have to receive a tax credit for helping others in nee... more
‘Buddy pack’ growing
Date: Dec 12, 2009Author: Jonathon Braden, Columbia Daily Tribune
The materials for hundreds of “buddy packs” rested near the north wall of the Riechmann Pavilion at Stephens Lake Park.
There were boxes of granola bars, jars of peanut butter and stacks of canned green beans, tomato sauce and beef st... more
Sharing Food, Bringing Hope
Date: Dec 3, 2009Author: Nancy Yang, Columbia Home and Lifestyles
Buddy Packs Hit the Spot 10-year-old Amiyha, a fourth-grader at Field Elementary, shines.
She’s tall and athletic — a shoe-in for the basketball team — and she loves math. She’s also willing to embrace her feminine side. Ev... more