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    • Our Story
      • About Us
      • Our History
      • Our Pillars of Work
      • Our Strategic Plan
      • FAQs
    • Our Team
      • OFS Team
      • Board Members
      • Executive Board
      • Friends Board
      • Careers
    • Fiscal Responsibility
      • Financials
      • Annual Reports
  • Our Work
    • Meet The Immediate Need
      • Emergency Food Distribution
      • Partner Network
      • St. Louis MetroMarket
      • Gleaning Program
      • Fresh Food Connect
      • Child Nutrition Programs
      • Operation Backpack
      • Summer Meals
      • Afterschool ReFuel
      • School Breakfast
    • Build Nutrition IQ
      • Community Nutrition
      • Healthy Eating Resources
      • Recipes
    • Champion Change
      • Innovation Programs
      • Fresh Rx: Nourishing Healthy Starts
      • Fresh Rx: Prescribing Healthy Futures 
      • Flex Farming
      • Policy & Advocacy
      • WIC Innovation Project
  • Events
  • How To Help
    • Give Funds
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      • Monthly Giving
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      • Memorials & Tributes
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Support Maternal & Child Health: Strengthening Missouri WIC

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Support Maternal and Child Health by Strengthening Missouri WIC Why Strengthen Missouri WIC? Missouri’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, & Children, better known…

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Dec 22
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Congratulations Fall 2022 EOQ Melissa Weissler

By Daniel Puma | Blog - Main | No Comments

Congratulations to our Employee of the Quarter for Fall 2022: Melissa Weissler, director of child and community nutrition. The Employee of the Quarter Program recognizes outstanding employees who exhibit outstanding qualities…

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Nov 10
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Volunteer Case Study: Three Reasons to Glean

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From Operation Food Search: Operation Food Search’s Gleaning Program has quickly become one of the most popular volunteer opportunities. We visit community and family farms…

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Oct 19
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shopping carts full of food donations

Food Donations: The 10 best items to give

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The 10 most-needed food drive donations Food drives are a crucial resource in the fight against hunger. Many food banks, pantries and shelters rely on…

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Aug 30
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Operation Backpack excited for 2022-2023 school year

By Daniel Puma | Blog - Main | No Comments

Since 2006, Operation Backpack has provided shelf-stable meals for kids to get through the weekend when school meals are unavailable. Children are discreetly given these…

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Aug 01
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Creative Ways to Extend Produce Shelf-Life

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Extend the Life of Your Fruits and Veggies! You may have heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what happens when your…

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Jul 01
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Missouri Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) for School Year 2021-22

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What is P-EBT? Like last summer, Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) is a retrospective grocery benefit for students in low-income families who receive free or reduced-price meals…

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Jul 01
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Revisioning management of chronic health conditions

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As long ago as 400 BC, Hippocrates declared, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” For millennia, indigenous communities and various cultures…

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Jul 01
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2022 Missouri Legislative Wrap-Up

By Daniel Puma | Blog - Main | No Comments

While Missouri is no stranger to challenging legislative sessions, this year’s infighting and inability to prioritize Missourians reached new heights. The legislature’s Conservative Caucus, consisting…

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Jun 21
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Providing Nutrition to Families: Food & Fund Drives

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How do food and fund drives help families? For Operation Food Search, food and fund drives enable us to provide high-quality food to children, individuals…

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