RICHMOND – The Clever Clovers 4-H Club plans to participate in the statewide 4-H Feeding Missouri food drive.

Youth ages 5 to 18 will collect, sort and deliver donations to the Ray County Senior Center Food Bank for distribution communitywide. Cash donations also will be accepted.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Crooked River Meats, 404 W. Main St., Richmond, to help fill the shelves of the local food pantry and spread awareness of how widespread hunger is in Missouri.

“It’s all about Missourians helping Missourians fight hunger,” club information states.

Further club information states the following…

“Many Missouri families face food insecurity. This means they struggle to put enough food on their tables. Missouri 4-H is continuing its partnership with Feeding Missouri and Missouri Farmers Care Drive to Feed Kids to not only educate about this issue, but to do something about it.

“All of the state’s more than 1,600 4-H clubs, serving youth ages 5 to 18, are invited to participate in this year’s friendly competition among counties to donate the most meals through donations of volunteer hours, food and monetary contributions. The statewide goal is to raise 500,000 meals by April 30.”

For information about how to donate, call club leader Kim Zimmerman at 816-590-0610.