The Ozarks was inundated with up to a foot of rain during the last week of 2015, leaving $982,786 in damages across Greene County. Springfield Home Depot Assistant Store Manager Edward Phillips, left, donated roughly $500 in cleanup supplies, such as mops, buckets and spray bottles, to the Greene County Office of Emergency Management. Director Chet Hunter picks up the supplies Dec. 30 for use by Community Emergency Response Team volunteers.

Photo provided by SPRINGFIELD-GREENE COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Springfield food bank Ozarks Food Harvest accepts a donation of 36,000 pounds of cheese from Land O’Lakes Inc. as part of the manufacturer’s First Run program. The program, which has delivered 92 donations since 2010, is designed to help food banks nationwide alleviate hunger with fresh food products. According to OFH, one in six individuals – and one in four children – in southwest Missouri are food insecure.

Photo provided by OZARKS FOOD HARVEST