Summer Is Stressful for Too Many Children This year the Food Bank is hosting 72 summer feeding sites across eastern Oklahoma through a variety of programs. There is nothing like the sight of children’s excitement when they see the Mobile Eatery rolling into place. Click here for more information about...

  Over the next 15 years, projections indicate the number of people aged 65 and over in Oklahoma will rise by 37 percent. Many seniors face mobility and health obstacles combined with living on low-wage fixed incomes, which creates problems of food insecurity for many people in this vulnerable population....

As the weeks went by and multiple paychecks were missed, many of our affected federal workers and their families no longer had money to pay for food. Many still went to their jobs each day, unpaid, committed to their work. Most never needed help before, often unsure of how to...

Oklahoma seniors have worked hard to build this state. They have spent their lives working, raising families and developing our communities. Now, with their earning years behind them, many seniors like Laura need our help to make sure they have their basic needs met. Senior Servings is a program of...

Thanks to so many gifts this holiday season, the Food Bank was able to help families that struggle to put food on the table during holidays and everyday. We would like to tell you just two of those stories. Lani the Eager Volunteer Lani came to the Food Bank with...

Don’t Let Our Superheroes Go Hungry. They need After School Fuel. After leaving a traumatic relationship and starting over with her young son Joe, Rina worries about her job and her future in this economy. Getting back on her feet, she is making ends meet, but she has trouble with...

  “Your organization helped us make the season a little brighter for our residents.” -Larry Harris   Last year the Food Bank received this note from Larry Harris, Resident Services Coordinator for Bradford and Edenwood Apartments. It underscores just how important your gifts are during the holidays. “The communities of...

An extremely patient single mother to three boys, two of whom are twins, Terri is a kind-hearted mom who is struggling just to get by. The boys received lunch this summer from the Food Bank’s Mobile Eatery food trucks at a Tulsa area apartment complex. Recently, Terri had surgery to...