Thousands of kids from low-income families in Pettis County qualify for free school lunches. The problem is when school is out on long weekends or holiday breaks, many of these kids go hungry. The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri is helping to break that alarming trend with the Buddy Pack. A Buddy Pack is three to five pounds of food that is kid friendly and nutritious. Buddy packs w
There are many people living in Pettis County who do not have enough food to eat. Children go to school without breakfast, families struggle to put enough on the table to go around, and people sleeping rough can't always get what they need to stay healthy.
It's summertime, which means all those refreshing ice cream sandwiches you're gobbling up could melt before you get to the end. Well, in most cases, anyway.