Southeast Missouri Food Bank | March Donation
Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Food Bank is the Feeding America network food bank for southeast Missouri, serving more than 140 hunger-relief organizations across 16 Missouri counties. SEMO Food Bank reaches 70,000 individuals each month with food assistance and distributes about a million pounds of food each month.
Founded in 1985, Southeast Missouri Food Bank’s basic purpose is to Reach More, Help More, Feed More. The simple statement serves as a visionary and meaningful summary of Southeast Missouri Food Bank’s goals, while expressing exactly what it is the food bank does.
In addition to food distribution and services to 140 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters, SEMO Food Bank has direct-service programs such as the Backpack for Fridays Program, Mobile Food Pantries, ABC (A Better Childhood) Pantry and more.
Southeast Missouri Food Bank partners with local area schools to provide weekend backpacks of food to more than 1,000 students. These students, who are selected by teachers and counselors, receive personal packages of weekend food each Friday before they leave school. The packages contain nutritious, non-perishable, kid-friendly meals and snacks that can be eaten without any preparation if necessary. The program alleviates the strain felt by many southeast Missouri families to provide nutritious meals to their children over the weekend.
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