Operation Food Search Raises More Than $83,000 at Golf Tournament

ST. LOUIS - Oct. 16, 2018 - PRLog -- Operation Food Search (OFS), a non-profit hunger relief organization, recently raised more than $83,000 at its 25^th annual golf tournament.  Proceeds will go toward ending childhood hunger and family food insecurity in the St. Louis bi-state region.

The day-long event, which was presented by Ascension Health at WingHaven Country Club, included lunch and dinner, as well as live and silent auctions.  Sponsors included Ameren, Enterprise Bank & Trust, Miller Lite, Russo's Catering, St. Louis Community College - Forest Park, and Seeger Toyota.

Pictured from left to right are tournament winners Art Kerckhoff, Rick Baur, Wayne Schroeder, and Mark Norman.

Founded in 1981, Operation Food Search (OFS) is a hunger relief organization that provides food and nutrition education.  With a strategic focus aimed at ending childhood hunger, OFS empowers families with a range of programs and services proven to reduce food insecurity and increase access to healthy and affordable food.  The agency helps feed more than 200,000 individuals on a monthly basis – one-third of which are children – through a network of 330 community partners in 31 Missouri and Illinois counties.

Operation Food Search is located at 1644 Lotsie Blvd.  For more information, call (314) 726-5355 or visit http://www.OperationFoodSearch.org.