Clever Clovers 4-H receives matching grant

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Clever Clovers 4-H receives matching grant

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COLUMBIA – Missouri 4-H continues to partner with Feeding Missouri and the Missouri Farmers Care Drive to Feed Kids. Through food drives, fundraisers, educational events and presentations, 4-H’ers are learning and raising awareness about hunger and food insecurity in Missouri, where one in five children is in a family struggling to put food on the table. This year, through a donation from Missouri Farmers Care, 4-H clubs could apply for matching grants. With the grants, 4-H clubs will further their efforts during the drive. Clever Clovers 4-H members collected $770 cash from their two food drives, plus the $300 grant for a total of $1,076. Those funds bought additional food items. Food purchased and donated weighed 1,491 pounds. The club split the food items between the Good Samaritan Center in Excelsior Springs and the Ray County Senior Center Food Bank in Richmond. “Supporting 4-H Feeding Missouri and the Drive to Feed Kids provides you with the opportunity to bring hope to…

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