Sept. 24, 2025 – The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma has been awarded a $750,000 Retail Capacity Grant from Walmart and Feeding America. This vital funding will directly help the organization bring more food to Oklahomans living with hunger.
As one of only 13 food banks nationwide selected for this funding, the Regional Food Bank has purchased five box trucks and trailers for network partners across central and western Oklahoma, to ensure more food can be distributed quickly and efficiently.
Those box truck recipients are:
  • Lawton Food Bank
  • Help Inc. Food & Resource Center
  • Atoka Coal Food Storehouse
  • Loaves and Fishes Northwest Oklahoma Food & Resource Center
  • Reaching Our City
The grant also supports these 18 partner food pantries across the state, supplying new freezers, equipment and funds for staff members.
  • Christians Concerned
  • Lawton Food Bank Food & Resource Center
  • Manna Pantry
  • Salvation Army of Chickasha
  • Help Inc. Food & Resource Center
  • Cleveland Area Food Pantry
  • Atoka Coal Food Storehouse
  • New Emergency Resource Agency Food & Resource Center
  • Hands of Jesus Inc.
  • Loaves and Fishes Northwest Oklahoma Food & Resource Center
  • The Hope Center Food & Resource Center
  • Regency Park Baptist Church
  • Other Options Inc.
  • Tulakes Food Center
  • Skyline Food & Resource Center
  • Loaves and Fishes Cupboard
  • Community Market of Pottawatomie County Food & Resource Center
  • Reaching Our City
“Through the generous support of Walmart and Feeding America, this grant gives our network powerful new tools to fight hunger in Oklahoma,” said Stacy Dykstra, CEO of the Regional Food Bank. “With new trucks on the road and more support in our partner pantries, we are ensuring food reaches the tables of families that need it most,”
Oklahoma is consistently one of the hungriest states in the nation. With Walmart and Feeding America’s support, the Regional Food Bank will be able to provide thousands more meals to neighbors facing food insecurity.
This grant is part of the Regional Food Bank’s Retail Recovery Program, started in 2009. Over the last fiscal year, the Regional Food Bank’s agency partners picked up the most pounds ever from the program, a total of 17.1 million pounds, which is equivalent to 14.3 million meals.
 
About the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is leading the fight against hunger in 53 counties in central and western Oklahoma and envisions a state where no one goes hungry. Founded in 1980, the Regional Food Bank is the state’s largest domestic hunger-relief 501(c)(3) nonprofit that distributes food through a network of community- based partner agencies and schools. The majority of people served by the Regional Food Bank are chronically hungry children, seniors living on fixed incomes and hardworking families struggling to make ends meet. The Regional Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s network of food banks. To join the fight to end hunger, visit rfbo.org.