OACAC's 4th Annual MO Mac & Cheese Fest is coming up on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at the University Plaza Hotel & Convention Center from 11am - 2pm and we need your help! This is a FUN event that showcases SW MO's best mac & cheese with...
This #GivingTuesday, November 28, people are coming together across the globe and showing the power of collective generosity through gifts of financial support and time. We thoughtfully ask for you to consider a #GivingTuesday or year-end gift to poverty relief this holiday season. When you give...
Give the gift of a happy, healthy smile this holiday season. The annual OACAC Head Start Holiday Smiles campaign raises funding to provide exams, preventative care, and critically needed dental work for Head Start children. Our goal for the 2023 Head Start Holiday Smiles campaign is...
Our Webster County Neighborhood Center is hosting a gift card fundraiser. Enter for your chance to win one of two gift card bundles, each valued at $250+! Purchase tickets in person or online. ...
On Nov. 8, we're hosting a Poverty Simulation with SGF Give 5 and there is room for YOU to join in. This is a free experience which promotes poverty awareness, increases understanding of the challenges faced by individuals living in poverty, and inspires local change...
We loved sharing the warmth with our community at our sheets and socks giveaway on October 17, 2023! From community partners, individuals, and families, we appreciate all who stopped by. We were able to distribute hundreds of sheets and more than 2,000 pairs of socks! Our...
National Weatherization Day is on October 30, and an opportunity to highlight the important work performed by the Energy Department's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). "Through weatherization improvements and upgrades, these households save on average $372 or more every year according to a national evaluation of the program. Since...
Give 5 is partnering with OACAC on a Poverty Simulation and we're seeking volunteers to help us make this a memorable experience. Volunteers will play the role of a teacher, banker, Social Services worker, police officer, utility company, and more. No special skills necessary, an...
Our friend, Nancy Masner, is retiring after 41 years at OACAC! Nancy has served SW MO in a multitude of ways over the years, most recently as our Housing Assistance Program Director. You're invited to join us in celebration of and with Nancy on Friday,...
We want to share the warmth with you, our community! Thanks to the generosity of Penn Enterprises, Inc, in partnership with Our Savior Lutheran Church in Buffalo, we have received a donation of over 2,000 sets of gently recycled bed linens, sizes queen and king....