CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri’s Department of Athletics is once again teaming up to Sack Hunger this 2024 football season.
SEMO is partnering with Southeast Missouri Food Bank, Coalter Insurance Group, First Midwest Bank, Coast to Coast Signs, Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and Midwest Sterilization to provide meals to families facing hunger in the southeast Missouri region.
For every quarterback sack against opposing teams this year, Coalter Insurance Group, First Midwest Bank, Coast to Coast Signs, Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, and Midwest Sterilization will each donate $100 to Southeast Missouri Food Bank. Every $1 donated to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank provides four meals, meaning each Redhawk sack will supply 2,000 meals to families facing hunger. During the 2023 campaign, SEMO recorded 14 sacks which raised $4,200 for Southeast Missouri Food Bank.
“We are excited to team up with Southeast Missouri Food Bank and our generous partners in the fight against hunger again this season,” said SEMO Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Operations Nate Saverino. “This partnership is a win-win for our sponsors and the communities we serve all across southeast Missouri.”
“We are excited to partner again with SEMO Athletics and the Redhawk football team for the Sack Hunger campaign,” added Chief Executive Officer of Southeast Missouri Food Bank Joey Keys. “We hope this effort will remind people that many of our neighbors across the region live in homes without enough food. With every sack by the SEMO defense, our generous sponsors will help the food bank provide 2,000 meals to families, children and seniors who don’t have enough to eat.”
Fans who wish to join the Redhawks in the fight against hunger can donate to Southeast Missouri Food Bank at SEMOFoodBank.org.
About Southeast Missouri Food Bank
Southeast Missouri Food Bank provides food to 140 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in 16 southeast Missouri counties. They include Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, and Wayne counties. The food bank also provides mobile food distributions, monthly boxes of food to eligible seniors and weekend backpacks of food to 1,200 students in 30 school districts. The mission of Southeast Missouri Food Bank is to end hunger and leverage the power of food to build a healthy community. The food bank is affiliated with Feeding America, the nation’s largest food bank network, and has received the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator, attesting to its adherence to best practices. Those interested in helping can do so by making a tax-deductible contribution, donating food or volunteering. Visit SEMOFoodBank.org for more information.