Food Bank For Central And Northeast Missouri

What Would $50 Or $100 Mean To Your Organization

Every dollar received is an investment in the health and wellbeing of our community. A new home for the largest food pantry in Boone County will expand our ability to make nutritious food more accessible, as well as allow us to connect our neighbors in need with additional services and community resources such as healthcare, legal aid, and counseling.

Project Dash Food Deliveries

Central Pantry is piloting a delivery program with the help of DoorDash. Neighbors age 60+ who live within a 10-mile radius of Central Pantry may be eligible to get food delivered to their door through the program.

About the Program

• The program provides deliveries to the first 50 eligible neighbors who call to schedule the service each month.

• To schedule: Call 874-7848 between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Tuesday or Wednesday of the delivery week.

• Schedule August 16 or 17 – delivery August 19

• Schedule September 20 or 21 – delivery September 23

• Schedule October 18 or 19 – delivery October 21

• Schedule November 15 or 16 – delivery November 18

• Schedule December 20 or 21 – delivery December 23

Why Are We Serving Here

One of the ways ForColumbia strives to love and serve our neighbors is by serving those non-profit organizations who are actively working every day in the lives of people in Columbia. One of the organizations in our city with the greatest reach is The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. This organization provides a hunger relief network that distributes millions of pounds of food annually, serving approximately 104,000 individuals monthly through 132 pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other partner agencies. This amazing reach takes a lot of volunteers consistently providing help to prepare donated food for distribution. This is why we think your day will be well spent serving at The Food Bank.

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Food Bank Of Central And Northeast Missouri Begins Its 40th Year

COLUMBIA – The Central and Northeast Missouri Food Bank began its 40th year Friday.

The Food Bank serves 32 counties throughout mid-Missouri, providing those who struggle with a place to get food. The Food Bank operates over on Vandiver Drive and accepts donations. You can also sign up to volunteer at the facility or host your own food drive.

The Food Bank grew from providing 68,000 pounds of food in its first year to producing over 30 million pounds in just one year. Something that President and CEO Lindsay Lopez says is a process that is always evolving.

“Over just the last 7 years we’ve really embraced a commitment to encourage,” Lopez said.

The program aims to provide healthier options through the Food Bank and allow people to get their hands on healthier options.

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“We know here at the food bank that it is important for us to provide food that is as nutritious as possible,” Lopez said.

Even though the members at the Food Bank are thrilled to be starting another year of work, they also acknowledge that it means there is more work to be done.

“So as we celebrate our anniversary, our 40th anniversary, you know, really it’s an opportunity for us to educate the broader population about this need that exists,” Lopez said.

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We Used The Funds Raised During Comogives Last Year To Benefit The Community By:

Your support during the 2021 CoMoGives campaign helped The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri provide more than 300,000 meals to our neighbors in need. As we continue to see the impact of the pandemic, made more challenging by inflation and supply chain issues, your support helps us meet the immediate needs of our neighbors.

Everything Central Pantry ‘needs To Be’

The Food Bank is working with Coil Construction to finalize its renovation plans for the new Central Pantry and set the construction timeline.

The goal is to finish in time for the pantry to start operations in early 2023.

“We know that renovation may be impacted by supply-chain disruptions,” Adkins wrote. “Despite challenges, we’re dedicated to making sure the new building is everything that it needs to be.”

The Food Bank last year held a series of focus groups where it received feedback from around 50 community members.

” shared what they hoped would remain the same and they helped our staff brainstorm ideas abut how the new building could be set up to better meet their needs,” Adkins wrote.

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The organization also received more than 200 responses from a survey.

“We did have neighbors note interest in transportation through the city system, and several mentioned they were interested in being connected with transportation services or resources,” Adkins wrote.

Central Pantry also has instituted a pilot program for those 60 or older who live within 10 miles of the pantry to receive food deliveries through Door Dash, known as Project DASH.

“We look forward to growing the program so we can improve accessibility for even more neighbors in the future,” Adkins wrote.

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Thanks For Joining Us For Float Your Boat

Float Your Boat is an innovative and exciting way to support The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri while having a blast with family and friends. Held every spring, Float Your Boat teams construct boats using only cardboard and duct tape that they race across Bass Pro Shops Lake. This year, 34 teams registered to race and hundreds of spectators attended to cheer on our participants!

Proceeds from Float Your Boat help The Food Bank feed neighbors in our 32-county service area. Because of The Food Bank’s affiliation with Feeding America and our ability to purchase bulk food items at discounted costs, a $25 donation can help provide 100 meals to those in need.

The Food Bank For Central And Northeast Missouri Is Asking For Your Help During Their Annual One For One Holiday Drive

If you are unfamiliar with The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri, they provide millions of pounds of food, serving nearly 100 thousand people a month across 32 counties in Missouri.

Again this year, they’re asking for your help.

“The cars will line up for miles just to come and get some food.”

Brandy Fajen is a regular volunteer at the food bank’s monthly food drop-off in Benton County. She says the need for services like Wednesday’s food distribution in her community, are great.

“And, um, we see that when we put it in their cars that it just puts a smile on their face and they know that they’re going to have a warm good meal tonight.”

The food comes directly from The Foodbank for Central & Northeast Missouri, based in Columbia. They are a member of Feeding America, allowing the organization to secure a variety of food from an array of vendors at reduced costs.

Still, they need help providing for the need in our community.

Warsaw resident, Cindy Story, was in line on Wednesday for most of her morning.

“I’m telling you that let’s say I got here in line at 8:15 and there was already probably 30 cars ahead of me. “

In addition to monthly food distributions, the food bank also partners with more than 145 agencies to get food to those in need.

In the Columbia area, you may recognize them as the Voluntary Action Center, or Rainbow House.

Next week, on Wednesday December 15th, they are hosting a 12 hour food drive to support these efforts.

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Work Progressing On Hiring Drivers Increasing Ridership

Go COMO remains in the process of hiring 10 more full-time bus operators and three or four part-time bus or paratransit van operators.

“Until we reach these goals, it will be difficult for us to add any stops,” Ogan wrote. “The 10 stops we’ve added to the gold route was accomplished by transferring some gold route stops to the red route.”

One new paratransit driver was hired since the job posting was listed, he added. This driver eventually will be offered the chance go through all available training to become a bus operator. This same invitation will be extended to those still in the application process to become bus and van operators, Ogan wrote.

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Since city buses are free to ride and with the significant increase in gas prices, Ogan is hopeful more residents will try the city’s bus system instead of driving.

“Ridership numbers show that Columbia residents are taking advantage of our free bus service and we make them aware they can use our free app to track the position of buses in real time, making for an overall more pleasant riding experience,” he wrote.

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Expanding Bus Service Was The Goal

The new path chosen by Go COMO for the gold route was done so riders could visit the most community resources.

While no formal surveys were conducted, “we have heard from riders through various media and in-person that will be a beneficial adjustment,” Ogan wrote.

There also were minor modifications to the red route, moving a couple gold route stops to red. One gold route stop at the West Broadway Walmart was removed, but it remains on the red route.

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While the gold and red routes will not have direct overlap anymore for riders to make a route transfer starting Aug. 1, the gold route stop at Target is close to the red route stop at the corner of West Worley Street and Basin Drive, Ogan wrote, adding the distance is roughly half a mile, or an 11-minute walk.

“Using the Go COMO app, a rider can track the positions of buses at all times,” he wrote. ” could take the gold route to Target to work or shop at the mall, and then when finished, walk to the corner of West Worley Street and Basin Drive to take the red route to travel along Broadway.”

In the days since the route change was announced, the city has received positive feedback directly from riders at Wabash Bus Station, through social media and from social service organizations.

“Catholic Charities Refugee Services expressed their view on Twitter that this change is very good for refugees in our community,” Ogan wrote.

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Health And Safety Precautions

The Food Bank takes steps to ensure the well-being of staff, volunteers and those we serve. In addition to cleaning and sanitizing procedures, volunteer are asked to complete a health survey before each shift. We will continue to monitor and be responsive to public health guidance related to COVID-19 to maintain safety at our facilities.

How Is The Covid

Increases in the number of people experiencing food insecurity, food supply shortages, supply chain issues, and COVID-19 precautions have affected The Food Banks food distribution since the start of the pandemic. It has made our organizations work more challenging and expensive. In 2021, The Food Banks expenditures for food and freight were three times what they were pre-pandemic. We are now serving 13,500 more people each month than we did in 2021.

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What Can I Expect

Volunteers will be working inside to individually package a variety of mass-packaged food donations. This work is done standing at prep tables, so volunteers must be able to remain on their feet for at least two hours. More details on the specifics of the work to be done will be provided on the day of serving.

What should I bring?

Volunteers should wear appropriate attire for handling food, as specified by The Food Bank:

• closed-toed shoes no exceptions
• long hair must be pulled back hairnets will be provided and must be worn
• facial hair must be covered with Food Bank-provided beard nets
• jeans, pants or long/athletic length shorts short shorts, leggings, tights or yoga pants are not allowed
• short/long sleeve shirts shoulders must be covered be sure to wear your #ForColumbia2022 T-shirt!
• necklaces, lanyards, scarves are not allowed
• large jewelry must be under clothing or Food Bank-provided protective gear
• offensive printing on clothing as determined by Food Bank staff is not allowed.