News - July

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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.

Chance Game is Cattle's Call

Date: Jul 23, 2010
Author: Jodie Jackson Jr., Columbia Daily Tribune
MIDWAY — Three things are required of visitors to this tiny town’s social event of the year: At least one $5 bill, ears that hear with a tongue-in-cheek filter and feet that watch where they step.

The Perche Creek Yacht Club last night... more

Church provides free summer dinners

Date: Jul 2, 2010
Author: Wes Duplantier, Mexico Ledger
Mexico, Mo. — On Monday night, the menu was spaghetti, garlic bread and salad. Tuesday was fried chicken. And both meals were free to those who came and got them this week at the Second Missionary Baptist Church. The church’s health ministry, al... more

Government can’t match food bank’s efficiency

Date: Jul 21, 2009
Author: Peggy Kirkpatrick
A July 12 Tribune news article featured the federal Summer Nutrition Program, which many Columbians know as “Lunch in the Park.” In the article, Bob Quinn, executive director of the Missouri Association of Social Welfare, encouraged Congress to e... more