Central Missouri Chapter of SCI

Sportsmen Against Hunger/Share of Harvest

Status Report

November 26, 2008

 

 

The Chapter's Sportsmen Against Hunger/Share the Harvest program is seeing lots of venison donations in 2008.  Earl Cannon, coordinator of our program, reports that as of November 26, 2008 nearly 22,000 pounds of venison has been donated at the seven processing plants participating in our program.  Hunters have thus far donated 394 whole deer and this compares to 479 whole deer and 26,550 pounds donated for all of 2007.

 

The Conservation Federation of Missouri and the Central Missouri Chapter of SCI have been paying the processing cost for whole deer donations.  Our chapter appreciates the efforts this year by the deer hunters, meat processors, charities, Missouri Department of Conservation, Conservation Federation of Missouri, Safari Club International Foundation, news media, chapter members and all others who are assisting in making the program so successful.

 

Donations by processing plant as of November 26 are as follows:

Russellvile Locker, Russellville - 3,355 pounds

Hartman's Custom Meat Processing, New Bloomfield - 1,320 pounds

Crane's Meat Processing, Ashland - 5,555 pounds

R&R Processing, Auxvasse - 2, 900 pounds

Clennin's Meats, California - 2, 255 pounds

Swiss Meat & Sausage Co., Herman - 2,090 pounds

Mexico Meat Market, LLC, Mexico - 4,290 pounds

 

The distribution of venison to the 13 charities served is as follows:

Serve, Inc., Fulton - 2,900 pounds

First United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Jefferson City - 250 pounds

New Life Evangelistic Center, Jefferson City, New Bloomfield, Columbia - 220 pounds

California United Methodist Church Food Pantry, California - 405 pounds

Samaritan Center, Jefferson City - 955 pounds

Central Missouri Food Bank, Columbia - 5,555 pounds

The Salvation Army, Jefferson City - 1.645 pounds

The Salvation Army, Columbia - *

Oak Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, New Bloomfield - 220 pounds

The Help Center, Mexico - 4,290 pounds

Helping Hands Outreach Center of Gasconade County, Owensville - *

Herman Community Food Pantry, Herman - *

Hope House, Eldon - 440 pounds

 

*Venison will be distributed to the charities in Owensville, Herman, and The Salvation Army in Columbia later in the year.  A lot of venison is still at the processing plants yet to be distributed.