SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A regional holiday fundraising drive has generated enough money to provide more than 177,000 meals for families facing food insecurity across southwest Missouri, according to Ozarks Food Harvest.
More than 60 local grocery stores partnered with the food bank for the 27th annual Check Out Hunger campaign, which ran from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. Customers were able to add $1, $3 or $5 tax‑free donations at checkout.
Additional contributions continued arriving through January, bringing the total to more than $59,000, the organization said…