CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Food Bank is a 2022 Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) TORCH Award winner for BBB Serving Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois.
The TORCH Awards honor businesses and charities exemplifying high ethics in their treatment of customers, employees and suppliers. Three businesses and one nonprofit were recognized in 2022.
“BBB TORCH Awards recognize organizations that are committed to exceptional standards and high ethics,” said Whitney Quick, BBB Cape Girardeau regional director. “These organizations have truly joined BBB’s mission of advancing marketplace trust in an exemplary way, and they are role models for other businesses in the community.”
Southeast Missouri Food Bank serves food-insecure residents of 16 counties in the region through some 140 member agencies, as well as programs like mobile food pantries and weekly backpacks for schoolchildren. Founded in 1985, the organization distributes about a million pounds of food every month.
CEO Joey Keys said the organization’s BBB Accreditation “means we do things the right way.”
“Winning a TORCH Award is very exciting for us,” Keys said. “It builds trust with our donors, our partners, as well as the people we serve.”
Southeast Missouri Food Bank and other TORCH Award winners were recognized during ceremonies at their offices coordinated by BBB and KFVS-TV, which is airing the awards presentations.
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About Southeast Missouri Food Bank
The mission of Southeast Missouri Food Bank is to end hunger and leverage the power of food to build healthy communities. The food bank provides food to 143 charitable and disaster relief programs in Southeast Missouri. These member agencies include food pantries, soup kitchens, domestic violence and homeless shelters. Southeast Missouri Food Bank also holds regular mobile food distributions and provides monthly boxes of food to 5,350 senior citizens and weekend backpacks of food during the school year to nearly 1,200 students in 30 school districts. The food bank’s 16-county coverage area includes Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, and Wayne counties. Those interested in helping can do so by making a tax-deductible contribution, donating food, or scheduling a time to volunteer. Visit semofoodbank.org for more information