Columbia, MO – The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Scotland County Hospital Foundation to assist with purchasing Boss Snowrater equipment for snow and ice removal. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it was established in 1998, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than three million dollars in grants.
MFA Oil Senior Director of Employee Engagement and Culture, Tom May, described MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. The grants the Foundation awards help support many youth programs and organizations active in addressing and solving community problems and improving the quality of life.”
Tara Shultz, Grant Writer, Scotland County Hospital, took the lead in writing the grant. She said, “The Hospital Foundation received a $2,000 grant check from The MFA Oil Foundation to go towards the purchase of a 2023 Boss Snowrator. The hospital’s maintenance crew is excited to have the new snow removal equipment for sidewalks and small areas. We’re ready for the snow to fly! We appreciate MFA Oil Foundation’s support of rural communities, and that Cory and Monte personally visited our healthcare campus. Scotland County Hospital and Scotland County Nursing Home District dba Sigler Square purchased the equipment jointly.”
About MFA Oil Company:
MFA Oil Company, formed in 1929, is a farmer-owned cooperative with more than 40,000 members. MFA Oil is the ninth largest propane retailer in the United States. The company supplies fuels, lubricants and propane to customers in Missouri, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Through a subsidiary, MFA Oil operates Break Time convenience stores in Missouri and Big O Tires franchises in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas; a solar panel installation company, BlueSphere Energy; and APM, a wholesale fuel distributor. For more information about MFA oil, visit www.mfaoil.com.
