BROKEN BOW – Adams Land and Cattle announced that through the support of their fifth annual Food 4 Youth campaign, they were able to donate $6,044 and 6,750 items to Custer County backpack programs, which provide food and other needed items to send home with students.
In all, 37 Custer County businesses and organizations participated, collecting 6,750 snacks and meals for the Custer County backpack programs, which help provide food for their students, who may not know when their next meal will be. Additionally, Adams Land and Cattle encouraged monetary and grocery gift card donations to support the programs through the Food 4 Youth fund administered by the Custer County Foundation. The total received by the end of the challenge was $6,044 which will be evenly distributed between all of the programs to support their future needs.
Businesses and organizations that participated include Adams Land and Cattle, Anselmo-Merna Schools, Ansley Public Schools Student Council, Arrow Seed, Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce, Broken Bow Middle School & High School, Bruning Bank, Central Nebraska Medical Clinic, Custer County Foundation, Custer County Historical Society, Custer Federal State Bank, Dairy Queen, Evans Feed, Farm Credit Services of America, First Interstate Bank, Geared 4 Sports, Gibbons Electric, Grocery Kart, Insurance of the Heartland, KCNI/KBBN, KBEAR, Lillie Kate Boutique, Melham Medical Center, Muddy Creek Ag, Nebraskaland Hearing Center, Nebraska Integral Wellness, Nebraska Owners Insurance Agency, Nebraska State Bank, North Park Elementary – Broken Bow, Pearson Physical Therapy, Precious Angels Daycare, Rice Veterinary Services, Sargent High School FBLA, Sargent Irrigation, Drilling, and Pipe, State Farm Agent – Donna Cahill, Team Physical Therapy, and Thomas Livestock.
“We would like to thank Custer County for making our fifth Food 4 Youth challenge a success and helping ensure that the youth of Custer County have nutritious meals at the end of the day,” said Liz Babcock, Director of Communications for ALCC. “All of us at Adams Land & Cattle are incredibly grateful and amazed by the response from the community and our neighbor businesses and organizations to support our local schools’ backpack programs.”
