Alleviate food insecurity in Christian County by providing food, resources, and education to address the challenges of our neighbors in need.

End food insecurity in Christian County by feeding people and changing lives.

Goal One: Every team member will have knowledge of and access to written processes and procedures. There will be a defined roadmap for what happens when a new team or board member or volunteer joins the crew.

Goal Two: One year from now, Least of These will have diversified their funding base, by way of increasing larger donors, grants, and tax credits, in order to support their long-term goals.

Goal Three: 12 months from now, the team at Least of These wants to solidify their position and be recognized in the community as the preferred volunteer destination of choice in southwest Missouri.

Least Of These has invested time and resources for all staff to engage in strategic planning and culture and communication learning sessions; entry-level staff to learn and improve basic computer skills, including Excel classes; all staff to attend and engage in multiple learning and leadership conferences; executive leadership participation in the year-long Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge; and much more.

In May 2023, another nonprofit that provided mobile food pantry services to a rural area of southern Christian County, Missouri, decided to abruptly cease these services. Least Of These leadership, including staff and Board of Directors, believed this would be detrimental to the physical and mental health and overall well-being of those who were receiving food assistance from that mobile pantry. Quickly and efficiently, Least Of These leadership designed a plan to begin providing a monthly mobile food pantry to the location, filling the gap in services left when the mobile pantry services were eliminated and alleviating food insecurity for those who were relying on these services to feed their families. Within three months of providing food assistance at the location, the number of families receiving food assistance at the mobile pantry each month has nearly doubled, proving that adapting processes and adding services in southern Christian County was the right decision and is keeping many people in the area from going hungry.