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Growth Through Service

In The Beginning  In 2008, a concerned group of MU students took action to decrease the food waste from campus dining facilities. They formed a student organization, Sustain...

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Bravely Going Where the Need Is

“Voluntourism” is a vacation in which you volunteer wherever you visit. You might hike Australia and then help out at an animal sanctuary while you’re there, for example....

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A Homecoming

An immersive children’s theater company dedicated to teaching, reaching, and inspiring children through performing arts returned to a newly renovated space in the Columbia Mall after seven years...

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Fresh Finds

Equipped with a handful of market tokens and our favorite reusable totes, COMO Magazine staffers enjoyed a morning of bounty and fresh finds at the Columbia Farmers Market....

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Saving Columbia’s Cats

An encroaching population of cats has been growing in Columbia in recent years. Fortunately, Boone County Animal Care’s Trap, Neuter, and Return program, or TNR, has come up...

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Art Is Healing

It seems unbelievable now, but a life of creative passions was not always something artist Candice Malveaux saw in her cards. However, after spending the past year as...

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For All to Know

A college education promises abundant knowledge and experience, but for many, a degree is not accessible or affordable. Even the process of applying and obtaining financial aid takes...

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Nourish Café & Market: Love, Gratitude, and the Pursuit of Hummus

“Nourish Café & Market is a really unique thing for Columbia,” says Kalle. “Our goal was to provide a place where people could trust that the food is...

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What’s on the Shelf at Daniel Boone Regional Library?

One of the myths that Margaret Conroy, executive director of Daniel Boone Regional Library, hopes to debunk is that public libraries are only quiet places full of bookshelves....

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Preserving Missouri’s Folk Arts

As Missourians celebrate the state’s bicentennial, they’re enjoying a time to celebrate their heritage. Helping to preserve that heritage, the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program in the Missouri Folk...