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UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:UMBF) delivered 2,321 pounds of food today to Harvesters -- Community Food Network. The total collection is equivalent to 1,785 meals that will be made available to feed hungry people in the Kansas City community. Last month, in recognition of National Hunger Awareness Day, 41 UMB banking centers in the Kansas City metropolitan area served as collection locations for Harvesters. For nearly a century UMB has utilized associate volunteerism and corporate philanthropy as means for community partnerships like this one. "We appreciate the support and commitment from UMB to help with the National Hunger Awareness Day food drive," said Harvesters Executive Director Karen Haren. "Harvesters would not be able to accomplish all that we do without the assistance of local companies like UMB Bank." "UMB is pleased to help make a difference in feeding the hungry children and families in our community," said Vanessa Vaughn, UMB Community Relations Specialist. "We are hopeful this contribution and other UMB community partnerships will advance the well-being of community members in need." UMB Financial Corporation is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking and related financial services to both individual and business customers nationwide. Its banking subsidiaries own and operate 140 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company and the lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a trust management company in South Dakota; and single-purpose companies that deal with brokerage services, consulting services and insurance. UMB was named one of Business Week's "Web Smart 50" companies in 2005. Harvesters is Kansas City's only food bank. Covering a 13-county metropolitan area, Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 550 not-for-profit agencies including emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, children's homes, homes for the mentally disabled and shelters for battered persons. Harvesters, which was founded in 1979, is a certified member of America's Second Harvest, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, serving all 50 states.