The Open Door Building in Sedalia is planning to be open Saturday and Sunday nights to serve as a cold shelter for residents who are without heat in their homes.
NALC’s 25th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is on Saturday, May 13. It's creeping up on us, and food drive organizers in hundreds of NALC branches across America are gearing up for the nation’s largest one-day food collection event.
I have been working a lot lately with the Food Bank and the Buddy Pack program. It's great, I'm sure you've heard of it. And I'm sure you've heard of the great work Jack Menges and his group are doing over at the Open Door.
Open Door has been serving the local community in a variety of ways since the 1970s. "We try to do the benevolent work of the churches in the area," said Jack Menges. "We run a food pantry, we have a thrift store where we give clothing vouchers, we help people with prescriptions, gas to out-of-town doctor's appointments, utility assistance, all of those types of things. I tell peopl
One in eight Missourians receive emergency food assistance every year. The food banks of the Missouri Food Bank Association are the solution to hunger statewide.
Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri’s Smithton Site members spent a little time this week giving back to one of the community’s best resources – Open Door.