OFS IN THE NEWS

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March 24, 2025

Webster U Professor starts campus food pantry

At Webster University, where minds are traditionally filled with knowledge, Professor Anne Geraghty-Rathert discovered an emptiness no lecture could address: student hunger. Read more... 
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March 21, 2025

OFS CEO featured in
St. Louis Business Mag

The St. Louis Business 500 highlights some of the metro area’s most impactful, innovative, and inspirational leaders, from C-suite executives to under-the-radar entrepreneurs across an…
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March 14, 2025

Tax Program Behind OFS Construction

Partly behind the surge in growth has been a powerful federally-funded financing tool called the New Markets Tax Credit program. Although the program is set…
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February 25, 2025

OFS does renovation on Overland facility

Operation Food Search has completed a nearly $10 million renovation of its facility in Overland. Read more...
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February 18, 2025

USDA grants support local food

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced $14.7 million in federal grant funding will be used to extend the state’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program beyond…
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February 10, 2025

International Institute STL offers first food pantry

The International Institute of St. Louis opened its first food pantry to help bring nutritious foods to immigrants, refugees and other residents in the region.…
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January 16, 2025

Hardee’s and Dave Glover Show benefits OFS

A holiday collaboration between St. Louis-area Hardee's® restaurants and KMOX's The Dave Glover Show (DGS) continues to make a significant impact on childhood hunger, raising…
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January 15, 2025

Welcome Emilee Hargis to Board of Directors

Our organization is pleased to announce the addition of Emilee Hargis to its Board of Directors. Hargis is a partner specializing in antitrust law at…
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December 20, 2024

Webster to address student food insecurity

Webster University has joined a new program started by Operation Food Search, a non-profit hunger relief organization in St. Louis that provides free food, nutrition…
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December 12, 2024

Meeting the growing need for local food

In mid-2024, learned of the Local Food Purchase Assistance program which provides funds to local agencies and community partners to buy locally produced fresh foods…
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November 20, 2024

Hunters feed the hungry through Share the Harvest

$7.50 may not seem like a lot of money these days, but it can go a long way feeding those in need, thanks to the…
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November 4, 2024

St. Dominic’s Catholic High wins Tackle Hunger

St. Dominic's Catholic High School in O'Fallon, MO, students, staff and community members collected 10,830 pounds of donated items. Watch now...
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November 4, 2024

Neighbors CU and OFS partner for Tackle Hunger

Following St. Dominic Catholic High Schools mighty win with over 10,000 donations, Neighbors Credit Union and Operation Food Search speak partnership. Watch now...
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October 4, 2024

After School Refuel Program on FOX 2 Now

Operation Food Search Chief Program Officer Melissa Weissler and Propel Kitchen's Kisha Lee joins the Fox 2 Now show to talk about the After School…
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September 13, 2024

AfterSchool ReFuel launches on August 19

Operation Food Search has teamed up with the public library systems in St. Louis and St. Louis County to provide free after-school meals throughout the…
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September 4, 2024

Local woman has $60K goal to fight food insecurity

Karen Ruskin has spent close to a year planning for her 60th birthday celebration. “About a year ago the thought crossed my mind to have…
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September 4, 2024

CitySC and Schnucks Team to fight hunger

St. Louis CITY SC and Schnuck Markets, Inc., are once again joining forces to fight hunger in the St. Louis region. Sunday, August 18 through…
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September 4, 2024

8 high schools ready to compete in Tackle Hunger

Officials at 18 St. Louis-area school districts have agreed to square-off in a community food collection event designed around the high school football schedule. Read…
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September 4, 2024

Shop Out Hunger is OFS’ largest annual food drive

hop out Hunger, Aug. 17, is Operation Food Search’s largest annual food drive. That event gives you an opportunity to help fellow community members combat…
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August 14, 2024

OFS partnering with 10
local libraries

School is right around the corner in the St. Louis area, and Operation Food Search is partnering with some local libraries to make sure children…
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July 31, 2024

Mercy supports Jennings Head Start MetroMarket

Mercy has donated $38,500 to Operation Food Search to fund a MetroMarket stop at the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Head Start in Jennings.…
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July 30, 2024

OFS hosting Shop Out Hunger on Aug. 17

Shop Out Hunger Day, Aug. 17, is Operation Food Search’s largest annual food drive. That event allows you to help fellow community members combat food…
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July 18, 2024

Cardinals Starts Feed the Future Campaign

The St. Louis Cardinals and Cardinals Care, the team’s community foundation, today announced the launch of the Feed the Future campaign in partnership with Chip Caray…
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July 18, 2024

Cardinals Fight Against
St. Louis Child Hunger

Cardinals Care launched the Feed the Future campaign to combat child hunger in the area. Read more...
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June 24, 2024

OFS Benefits from TEGNA Foundation Grant

5 On Your Side is proud to announce that two St. Louis-area charitable organizations, Urban Harvest STL and Operation Food Search, are being awarded $10,000 grants by the…
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June 20, 2024

Schnucks Donates $40K to Support MetroMarket

Schnuck Markets donated $40,000, including food vouchers, to Operation Food Search in support of the MetroMarket program, a mobile market that brings fresh, nutritious food to areas…
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June 10, 2024

Green House Venture’s Garden Harvested for OFS

The Green House Venture's highway embankment garden is bearing fruit. Or vegetables, to be more accurate. Planted this past spring by students of the three…
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May 28, 2024

Summer Meals 2024
St. Louis Locations

St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles City-County libraries and other local organizations are partnering with Operation Food Search to make sure children who rely on free…
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