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Commerce bank one for one food drive with Zimmer Communications in mid-Missouri has raised at least $65,000

December 15, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri serves 32 counties, including Boone and Cole (December 14, 2022 Columbia Mall photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth)

While final numbers are still being calculated, Wednesday’s 16th annual Commerce Bank one for one food drive with Zimmer Communications has raised more than $65,000. That word from Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri president Lindsay Lopez, who spoke to 939 the Eagle this morning in-studio. Additional donations are still being tabulated.

The food bank serves 32 counties, including Boone, Cole and Callaway counties and virtually all of the counties in the 939 the Eagle listening area. Ms. Lopez says the food bank is now spending three times more on food than pre-pandemic.

Zimmer Communications was live Wednesday from 6 am to 6 pm at Columbia Mall and at the Buchheit on Jefferson City’s Missouri Boulevard. Ms. Lopez says residents also donated five thousand pounds of food.

“We’ve seen just steady traffic and the generosity of this community just like every year continues to amaze me,” Lopez says.

Lopez is thanking you for your generosity, saying one in seven Missourians are experiencing food insecurity.

“So we’re serving on average 15,000 more people each month than we were compared with 2021. And so you can see that, you know, lots and lots of need out there. Our expenses are three times what they once were. Food prices and gas, other transportation costs,” she says.

Lopez says Boone County continues to see increasing hunger needs. She says more than 3,700 Boone County families who didn’t receive assistance in 2021 needed help this year.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Boone County, Buchheit in Jefferson City, Callaway County, Cole County, Columbia Mall, Commerce Bank One for One food drive, Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, food insecurity in Boone County, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, Syndicated, Zimmer Communications

Commerce Bank One for One food drive is underway in mid-Missouri

December 14, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

The Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 and Jefferson City Firefighters Local 671 are joining 939 the Eagle and Newsradio 950 KWOS from 6 to 6 today at Columbia Mall and at Buchheit in Jefferson City (December 14, 2022 Columbia Mall photo from 939 the Eagle’s Dr. Randy Tobler)

The 16th annual Commerce Bank One for One Food drive with Zimmer Communications is airing Wednesday until 6 pm. 939 the Eagle’s Dr. Randy Tobler has been providing live reports from Columbia Mall on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.”

The food bank serves 32 counties, including Boone, Cole and virtually all of the counties in the 939 the Eagle listening area. Boone County is seeing a major increase in food insecurity. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri says more than 3,700 Boone County families who did not receive assistance in 2021 needed assistance this year. That’s about 9,000 people.

Local firefighters from Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 and Jefferson City Firefighters Local 671 are joining 939 the Eagle and Newsradio 950 KWOS from 6 to 6 today at Columbia Mall and at Buchheit, which is the former Orscheln on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City.

$25 will feed one hundred people, helping to put food on the tables of families during the holiday season and beyond. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri says one in seven Missourians are projected to experience food insecurity. The food bank, which is headquartered in Columbia and serves 32 counties, is now serving 15,000 more people monthly than in 2021.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Columbia Mall, Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055, Commerce Bank One for One food drive, Dr. Randy Tobler, Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, Homepage, Jefferson City Firefighters Local 671, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, Syndicated, Zimmer Communications

Mid-Missouri food bank: food security “is running pretty rampant”

October 19, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

The food pantry at SERVE INC. of Callaway County in Fulton (file photo courtesy of SERVE website)

A non-profit organization that’s operated for 51 years in mid-Missouri’s Fulton says their food pantry is seeing a massive effect from supply shortage. They’re also seeing an increase in unemployment and utility assistance requests.

SERVE Incorporated’s mission is to organize, facilitate, promote and provide services to meet the needs of Callaway County residents. SERVE outreach coordinator Carol Lewis says food insecurity is “running pretty rampant” in Callaway County. She says residents are requesting more assistance.

“Kids are needing help with school supplies, energy assistance, prescription assistance. In some cases, emergency housing as well,” Lewis says.

Lewis tells 939 the Eagle that they’ve seen a 20 ton shortage of food since last July, along with a 17 percent increase in residents requesting assistance. SERVE Incorporated business manager Marilyn Bartley says many area food pantries are being impacted by the supply shortage. She notes SERVE receives food from the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, but says they’ve been impacted as well.

“They’ve shown a huge decrease in supply. Well, we have funds earmarked when we need to purchase. Now we are seeing a decline in supply in being able to order food in bulk,” Bartley says.

The non-profit is planning a charity Halloween event Saturday evening at 8 at the Fulton Country Club. Lewis says all proceeds from the ball will go towards the organization’s assistance programs. They include SERVES’s food pantry and their Adopt a Family Christmas program, which assists children and families during the holiday season.

Ticket costs are $35, $45 and $55, and you’re encouraged but not required to wear a Halloween costume. You can call SERVE at (573) 642-6388 for additional information.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Adopt a Family Christmas program, Callaway County residents, emergency housing, energy assistance, Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, food insecurity, food pantries, Fulton, Fulton Country Club, Halloween event, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, prescription assistance, school supplies, SERVE Incorporated, Syndicated

Mizzou food drive is underway; canned fruits and vegetables needed

September 30, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

This is the outside of Mizzou’s Donald Reynolds Alumni Center (2022 photo courtesy of MU News Bureau associate director Uriah Orland)

Organizers of today’s annual Tiger food drive at Mizzou are hoping for donations of peanut butter, canned meats and canned vegetables.

The food drive began this morning at the Reynolds alumni center. Organizers are also hoping for canned fruit and canned soups today, along with canned chili.

The food drive assists the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri and the Tiger pantry on-campus. The pantry provides food resources to members of the Mizzou family and MU Health Care workers in need.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, canned fruit, canned meats, canned soups, canned vegetables, Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, Mizzou's annual Tiger food drive, Mizzou's Reynolds Alumni Center, MU Health Care workers in need, peanut butter, post to twitter, Syndicated

Missouri Farmers Care Food drive taking place today at state fair in Sedalia

August 16, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri’s lieutenant governor says hunger is bipartisan and that it impacts both urban and rural residents. Mike Kehoe is in Sedalia for today’s (Tuesday) Missouri Farmers Care Food drive. It’s personal for him, as he was raised by a single mother in north St. Louis and was assisted by food banks while growing up. “Claudia …

Filed Under: 4-H, 93.9 The Eagle, 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mid-Missouri", FFA, Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, Homepage, hunger, Mid-Missouri News, Missouri Farmers Care food drive, Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe, Missouri State Fair, post to twitter, Sedalia, Syndicated

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