The Roy W. Slusher Foundation is donating 100-thousand dollars in grant money to nine Stone and Taney County non-profit agencies through the Ozarks Food Harvest.  The announcement was made Thursday at a news conference at College of the Ozarks.

The recipients can use their sizeable donation to purchase food from the Ozarks Food Harvest warehouse in Springfield. 

The Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch in Lampe is one of the organizations being helped.  Founder Ken Ortman tells HometownDailyNews.com the donation will keep food on the table for the 16 boys living at the facility:

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Other recipients of the grant money included, Boys and Girls Club, Christian Action Ministries, Christian Associates, Church Army, Gift of Hope, Jesus was Homeless, North Stone County Food Pantry, and Our Lady of the Cove.

The Slusher Foundation has handed out nearly 5-million dollars to local non-profit organizations since its inception over 20 years ago.

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The Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch in Lampe is one of nine recipients of a 100-thousand dollar grant from the Roy W. Slusher Foundation.  The foundation is making the gift through the Ozarks Food Harvest, where the non-profit organizations involved can go to the Food Harvest warehouse to pick up their groceries.

Boys Ranch Founder Ken Ortman tells HometownDailyNews.com this allows the ranch to keep food on the table for the 16 boys living there, but it goes further than that:

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The Slusher Foundation has handed out nearly 5-million dollars to local non-profit organizations since its inception over 20 years ago.

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Nine non-profit organizations in Stone and Taney County are receiving a sizeable donation from the Roy W. Slusher Foundation.  The grants, totaling 100-thousand dollars are going to Boys and Girls Club, Church Army, and Gift of Hope, among others.

The grants will be administered through the Ozarks Food Harvest, where recipients can purchase groceries from the Food Harvest warehouse inSpringfield.

Branson Mayor Raeanne Presley was on hand for the news conference Thursday at College of the Ozarks.

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The current distribution from the Slusher Foundation is in addition to its ongoing support of area non-profit organizations.  The Foundation’s Board says it hopes the additional gift will encourage others in the community to help meet thr pressing need to assist the less fortunate.

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The Roy W. Slusher Foundation is donating 100-thousand dollars in grant money to nine Stone and Taney County non-profit agencies through the Ozarks Food Harvest.  The announcement was made Thursday at a news conference at College of the Ozarks.

The recipients can use their sizeable donation to purchase food from the Ozarks Food Harvest warehouse inSpringfield. 

The Slusher Foundation has handed out nearly 5-million dollars to local non-profit organizations since its inception over 20 years ago.