COLUMBIA, Mo. -- MFA Oil Co. president Jerry Taylor said that the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Northeast Randolph County R-IV Schools, Cairo, Mo.
The MFA Oil Foundation, which was established in 1999, provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has significant concentration of members and employees. The grant was earmarked to purchase bleachers at the new track.
Taylor described the MFA Oil Foundation as a program that allows our company to give support back [image-nocss] to the small towns and rural communities that are the foundation of our business. He said focus for selecting grant recipients is on three areas: programs designed to build knowledge and leadership skills of rural youth; agricultural and cooperative education programs; and organizations active in addressing and solving community problems and improving the quality of life.
Columbia, Mo.-based MFA Oil, a farmer-owned cooperative with more than 40,000 members, supplies fuels, lubricants, propane and tires to customers in Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. The company also operates Break Time convenience stores, Jiffy Lube franchises, Big O Tire franchises and MFA Oil Tire and Auto Centers.
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