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A Night With Bach: Pass It On Dinner & Auction |
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This Saturday, October 13, at 7pm we will be holding our annual Pass It On Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction. The theme this year is "A Night with Bach." The evening will include a catered meal, classical music, and a silent auction featuring items like jewelry, tickets, events, and much more. Tickets for the event are $15 and may be purchased by emailing
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or by calling 417-501-4686 (HOTO). Tickets must be purchased by Friday evening.
To view the items or place a bid in advance, check out the Facebook page.
To watch our CEO Phil Wilson's interview regarding the event on KSPR, click here. |
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HOTO profiled in Springfield News-Leader |
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Check out this pair of articles from yesterday's Springfield News-Leader (May 27, 2012 edition) profiling Family First Services and Heart of the Ozarks. We are thankful to the News-Leader for spotlighting our great programs and services we offer to the community. Click on the title to go to the articles.
Program Puts Focus on Importance of Healthful Foods
Grants, Volunteers Lift Heart of the Ozarks |
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Musgrave Foundation Provides $10,000 Grant to Heart of the Ozarks |
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Thanks to the generosity of the Musgrave Foundation, the Hand Extended Food Pantry will have enough money to operate for the next several months. The foundation gave $100,000 to area charities who provide feeding programs for the community, and $10,000 of that was designated for HOTO. In the last year, the Hand Extended Food Pantry, the food distribution program of HOTO, provided over 50,000 meals to the north Springfield community. We are thankful to the Musgrave Foundation for their ongoing support. The help they give to families in the Ozarks is a blessing to us all.
For video of the press conference, including some shots of the HOTO staff in the background, check out the link: http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext%3Fnxd_id%3D596932. |
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Hand Extended 2011 Final Numbers |
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Our final numbers for the food pantry for 2011 are in! Hand Extended distributed 50,067 meals last year. The total retail value of the food is over $100,000. Thanks to the area businesses, foundation grants, and amazing volunteer staff that pulled off these incredible numbers. As we look to 2012, we are excited about the continued growth of our programs and new resources that will enable us to help more people. |
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Thank you to everyone who helped make the 2011 Pass It On our biggest year ever! We distributed 1,707 gifts after everything was completed. A special thanks to the dozens of volunteers who helped the day of the event and to the large numbers of businesses that provided the financial support. This year will be a merry Christmas for hundreds of families because of your help. |
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