“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” It might not be as simple as that, but there is truth at the core of this familiar proverb. Eating apples (and other fresh produce) has been linked to scores of health benefits. Everything from possibly lowering the...
Take Action for Hunger Action Month Throughout the month of September, Feeding Missouri will be joining with the six Missouri Food Banks in a month-long campaign to spread awareness and mobilize the public to take action in the fight against hunger. Ready to get...
by Scott Baker, State Director for Feeding Missouri Whenever I’m given the opportunity to speak to people about hunger in Missouri, I always try to make two points very clear: Hunger does exist in Missouri – in every county and in every part of the state. The answer...
“Anything will help.” That was the message scrawled on a cardboard sign held up by a man just outside of my driver’s side window the other day. I had to make a decision before the light turned green. Should I avoid eye-contact and sit there uncomfortably until the...
“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be Mine?” If you started singing or humming the tune to those lyrics, you must be one of Mr. Rogers’ neighbors. I simply adored Mr. Rogers...
“I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.” -Preface to...