Great Game of Business creator Jack Stack, far right, awards Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks with the Pioneer Award during the Sept. 9 Gathering of the Games in Dallas. Represented, at center, by Marissa LeClaire Weaver and Tyler Moles, the nonprofit was recognized as first in its field to implement open-book management. Also pictured is GGOB Vice President Patrick Carpenter.

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Mercy Clinic Springfield Communities physicians and colleagues award a $50,000 check Sept. 13 to Ambassadors for Children. The service of Council of Churches of the Ozarks plans to buy a van to transport foster care kids to its free-clothing store.

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Ozarks Food Harvest President and CEO Bart Brown marks down the record $140,447 raised during the 18th annual Hungerthon held at the historic Tower Theater. The Sept. 9-12 event – a partnership with iHeartMedia Inc. – collected enough to provide 468 at-risk children with six meals every weekend of the school year.

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