SIKESTON – The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to Southeast Missouri Food Bank to assist with purchasing an electric pallet jack.
“We appreciate MFA Oil Foundation’s support and contribution for a new pallet jack for our warehouse,” said Joey Keys, SEMO Food Bank’s chief executive officer. “Having new equipment makes things easier on our warehouse staff, who move thousands of pounds of food each day.”
Southeast Missouri Food Bank serves 80,000 individuals each month through a network of 140 partner agencies and other programs. The food bank’s 16-county service area has some of the highest rates of hunger in the state, where one in seven families and one in six children are food insecure.
The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it was established in 1998, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than $3 million in grants.
MFA Oil Senior Director of Employee Engagement and Culture Tom May described the MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. The grants the Foundation awards help support many youth programs and organizations active in addressing and solving community problems and improving the quality of life.”