Annual Community Outreach Day provides food, information and more

Friday, September 29, 2023

DAR photos/Samantha Tucker

The annual Community Outreach Event held Sept. 29 featured dozens of businesses and charities, connecting Poplar Bluff community members with resources. Organizers noted the unseasonable heat may have reduced attendance compared to previous years.

The SEMO Food Bank, assisted by volunteers from Mingo Job Corps and the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, passed out bags of food and fruit juice to hundreds of people during the Community Outreach Event on Friday.
The Boys & Girls Club of the Heartland grilled free hot dogs for attendees at the Community Resource Council's Community Outreach Event on Friday. From left: BGC teen prevention specialist Heath Hutchison and Director of Development and Finance Terri McCormick.
Davine Conover, business development specialist at Ozark Federal Credit Union, provides resources for financial literacy at the annual Community Outreach Event, held at First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff.
Staff from the Visiting Nurses Association of Southeast Missouri pass out information and raffle signups at their booth, which also offered heart health screenings.

Dr. Ben Till examines a patient at the Visiting Nurses Association booth.
Visitors check out materals at the Goodwill Excel Center booth.
A dog dresses her best during CRC's Community Outreach Event.
FCC Behavioral Health passed out backpacks at Friday's event.