Ozarks Food Harvest is working toward a goal of providing one million meals in 90 days to families who are struggling due to the coronavirus.
The food bank has purchased more food, has started to distribute it through additional mobile food pantries and has hired temporary workers. Volunteer sessions have been suspended for now, but Ozarks Food Harvest was able to hire 30 temporary workers to sort and pack food through a Missouri Foundation for Health grant. Those workers had been laid off from their previous jobs after the businesses had to temporarily close due to the coronavirus.
The food bank’s president and CEO, Bart Brown, is asking the public to donate money to help purchase food, hire more truck drivers and buy necessary transportation equipment. According to Brown, the need right now is unprecedented, and they’re having dozens of trucks of food shipped in weekly without regard to cost to make sure no one goes hungry.
Every dollar donated will buy $10 worth of groceries for people in need. To make a donation, go to ozarksfoodharvest.com/donate and select “COVID 19 Hope Fund” from the menu.
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