Fishes Program News Today

HANNIBAL — Harvest Outreach Ministries received a big boost for transportation involving its food programs through a $15,000 matching grant provided by the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and

HANNIBAL — When a voice boomed through the open door yelling, “I need four!” 11-year-old Violet Schneider immediately grabbed four prepackaged meals and took them outside.

For the last few years many local anglers have begun to associate the day after Thanksgiving with fat, scrappy trout, instead of crowded stores and holiday sales.

HANNIBAL — Harvest Outreach Ministries took a huge step toward turning a dream into reality on Tuesday, July 13. The nonprofit organization purchased property on Lyon Street in Hannibal, and has begun making plans to build a permanent home for the Loaves and Fishes Program. The facility will house a commercial kitchen/dining room, food pantry and meeting spaces, which can be utilized by community and private groups. Since Loaves and Fishes began in the 1990s, the ministry has partner...