For the seventh year in a row, Rains Natural Meats has been the local processing center for "Share the Harvest," a program started by the Missouri Department of Conservation to provide an easy way for hunters to donate venison to people in need.
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This year 65 deer amounting to 8,759 pounds of dressed weight, were donated by hunters to help area families.
The MDC paid $35 and Rains paid $5 toward the processing fee on all 65 of the donated deer. The Gallatin Men’s Club paid $35 toward 30 of the deer; and individual hunters paid $35 on the other 35 deer.
The Gallatin Men’s Club sponsors the Share the Harvest program in our community with the help of contributions from a variety of organizations. The Men’s Club raised about $1,250 in monetary donations toward the program.
The Daviess County Green Hills Community Action Agency and the Seventh-day Adventist Community Service Center will be coordinating distribution of the venison again this year. Marie Toney said the meat, which is packaged by Rains, is available to be picked up at the Community Action building Monday through Friday and at the Seventh-day Adventist Community Service Center on Wednesday.
Donations of deer for "Share the Harvest" will continue to be accepted at Rains Natural Meats located about three miles east of Gallatin on Hwy. 6. Green Hills Community Action Agency is located at the corner of Clay and Jackson in Gallatin. The Seventh-day Adventist Community Service Center is located at 1207 South Clay Street.