Top Holiday 2009 Food Drives

Thank you Ozarks for collecting more than 80,000 lbs. of food through food drives held from October through December! Top Food Drives are listed below.

October—15,086 lbs. total

• Missouri State University Homecoming 2009—4,416 lbs.
• Spokane High School—4,295 lbs.
• Weight Watchers—1,539 lbs.
• Kickapoo High School—1,369 lbs.
• Harvest on Wheels—758 lbs.

November—32,267 lbs. total

• Turkey Trot, Springfield–Greene Co. Park Board—6,856 lbs.
• Miller Produce—5,162 lbs.
• Lambda Chi Alpha, Drury University—3,171 lbs.
• Coldwell Bankers—2,331 lbs.
• Great Southern Bank “Fill the Food Bank” Food Drive— 1,549 lbs.
• MSU Sodexho Food Service—1,504 lbs.
• Crockett Chiropractic—1,239 lbs.

December—34,506 lbs. total

• McDonald’s “Cans for Coffee” Food Drive—12,897 lbs.
• Evangel University Annual Christmas Concert—2,543 lbs.
• Westport Elementary—2,017 lbs.
• Field Elementary—1,968
• St. John’s Hospital, Home Health and Patient Access Depts.—1,413 lbs. (collected more than 10,000 lbs. for its food drive total)           

The Food Bank is grateful for the Top Holiday 2009 Food Drives; however, Hunger isn’t a seasonal problem, but a problem that requires year-round solutions. To hold a Food Drive or to Volunteer to sort donated food in the New Year, please contact Jennifer Sickinger at (417) 854-3411 ext. 114.

Members of the Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter at Drury University unload their collected bags of donated food at Ozarks Food Harvest’s
warehouse in November 2009.