Missouri Farmers Care Drive to Feed Kids program donated more than 1 million meals to food banks across the state in 2020.
Missouri Farmers Care Executive Director Ashley McCarty tells Brownfield the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for the program.
“It has never been more necessary, it has never been more challenging,” McCarty said. “Individuals in sectors that never imagined being unemployed have been hit like no other time.”
She said while the total amount donated in 2020 was lower than past years because of the pandemic, Missourians donated more than 50,000 meals through personal donations.
