Ameren will match food-bank gifts up to $300,000
Ameren's Thanks4Giving match doubles gifts to the St. Louis Area Foodbank through Nov. 30, up to $300,000. World Wide Technology employees also packed more than 1,200 meals in under an hour.
Read the original
The reporting lives at First Alert 4 (KMOV). Our summary is checked against it, and we link it on every story.
Ameren is matching donations to the St. Louis Area Foodbank dollar for dollar through Nov. 30, with the match capped at $300,000, First Alert 4 reported. The drive is called Thanks4Giving.
On a separate shift, World Wide Technology employees packed more than 1,200 meals in under an hour. The $300,000 is the ceiling on what Ameren will add, and the meal count is what that employee crew packed in one short session.
For the classroom
In St. Louis, Ameren is matching gifts to the St. Louis Area Foodbank through November 30. If someone donates a dollar, Ameren adds a dollar, until the match reaches $300,000. That cap is the most the company will add, not money that has all been raised already. The drive is called Thanks4Giving. Employees at World Wide Technology also packed more than 1,200 meals in less than an hour. Those packed meals are a separate volunteer shift from the dollar match.
- How does a dollar-for-dollar match change the size of a gift?
- Why would a match have a limit?
- What can a group finish in under an hour if many people work at once?
For a teacher to read with a class. Print the story of the day · Morning announcements · All classroom stories · This week's Good News Friday pack
Community in MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriFood banksVolunteersCommunity mealsGood news on November 3
More good news
Other stories in the same neighborhood of kindness.
CommunityVolunteers paint 49 tiny homes for veterans in Kansas City
Nearly 100 volunteers with the Veterans Community Project and the Veterans United Foundation painted 49 tiny homes that give veterans a place to start again.
Verified · KSHB 41
CommunityChiefs fans' flag sale raised $1 million for Ronald McDonald House
The 35th annual sale, themed Red Thursday, brought the last 14 years of giving to $8.5 million for families staying near their seriously ill children in Kansas City.
Verified · KMBC
CommunityLindbergh High made kids the stars of Sunday Night Lights
Children being treated for cancer and other serious illnesses joined the football players, band, cheerleaders, and dance team. Proceeds support research at Siteman Cancer Center.
Verified · First Alert 4 (KMOV)