Upcoming Events

September is Sexual Health Awareness month and you’re invited to our first ever Test Fest, an event focused on destigmatizing STD testing and making it accessible and affordable for all. In addition to testing, the OACAC Family Planning team will also provide reproductive healthcare exams......

Music! Dancing! Inspired, Fun Activities! And best of all, a night out among friends, new and old. Save the date for the return of the Galentine’s Gala. When: Friday, February 2, 2024 Where: Relics Event Center, 2015 W. Battlefield in Springfield, MO More details to......

Our 4th Annual MO Mac & Cheese Fest will be held on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 from 11am – 2pm at the University Plaza Convention Center, 333 S. John Q. Hammons Parkway in Springfield. This event connects fan with an array of delicious mac &......

Do you like chili? And bingo? Then you’ll LOVE Chilingo! Join our Stone County Neighborhood Center staff and friends for the return of Chilingo on Friday, October 13, 2023. When: 5:00pm start Where: New Testament Christian Church, 21016 Main Street in Reeds Spring, MO Entry......

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. We’ll be giving these......

Previous Events

On Tues., Aug. 8, 2023, Head Start is having an indoor sale at our Fair Grove location, 103 N. Main Street in Fair Grove. While a few things may have a small cost, most items will be marked FREE and must be removed during the......

Just in time for late summer fun and back to school, enter for your chance to win over $750 in cash and prizes! Imagine sipping delicious coffee, seeing a Branson show or exploring the Hollywood Wax Museum. You could be doing all of this while......

On Thursday, Aug. 3, we’re hosting a Poverty Simulation in partnership with the Doula Foundation and we’re looking for volunteers who would like to help this be a powerful experience!  During a simulation, participants role-play a month in poverty and experience low-income families’ lives, which......

The ACP is a Federal Communications Commission program that helps connect families and households struggling to afford internet service.  This new benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on......

Who’s up for some cheesy fun? In celebration of #NationalMacAndCheeseDay, we’re giving away a Mac Two Pack of tickets to our 4th Annual MO Mac & Cheese Fest in January 2024! Visit us on Facebook to enter!...

Our Greene County Center is hosting back to school sign-up events in Bois D’Arc and Ash Grove next week! Any interested family in Greene County can attend one of those events or call (417) 447-0554 beginning this Friday, July 14, 2023, to schedule an appointment.......

Head Start is having a sale on Friday, June 9, 2023. Details below. No holds, please....

Trivia Night at Finnegan’s Wake is back! Finnegan’s Wake will be hosting Mean Girls Trivia Night on Wednesday, June 28th at 7pm to benefit back to school efforts at our Greene County Center, ensuring children and teens have the tools they need to start the......

Just in time for late summer fun and back to school, enter for your chance to win over $750 in cash and prizes! Imagine sipping delicious coffee, seeing a Branson show or exploring the Hollywood Wax Museum. You could be doing all of this while......

We are pleased to be a non-profit sponsor of Ozarks Pridefest this year. We’ll be there all day, starting with the parade in the morning, so stop by and say hi! We’ll have fun games, giveaways, and some items for sale, including mystery grab bags.......