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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

How to navigate summer activities with diabetes. Summer is for spending time with friends and family and soaking up that wonderful sunshine! Planning summer adventures…

At Operation Food Search, our priority will always be getting nutritious food into the hands of people that need it and can’t access it. But…