Operation Food Search Selected to Present at School Nutrition Association's Conference

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - May 14, 2019 - PRLog -- Operation Food Search (OFS), a non-profit hunger relief organization, will participate in the School Nutrition Association's (SNA) 73^rd Annual Conference to be held in St. Louis July 14 through 16.  More than 6,000 representatives from across the nation will be in attendance.

Operation Food Search Director of Child & Family Nutrition Brian Wieher, along with Manager of Child Nutrition Programs' Melissa Weissler will present their "At Risk-Afterschool Meals:  Rebranding Supper as a 'Super Snack'" program at the conference.

OFS will also host a tour titled "Helping Heal Hunger in Missouri" at its headquarters located at 1644 Lotsie Blvd.  The onsite program will be led by Wieher and OFS' Director of Policy & Innovation Trina Ragain.  Participants will see firsthand the organization's food distribution and nutrition education center, as well as take part in a hands-on food cooking demonstration with OFS' registered dietitians and nutrition education team.

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.