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April 14, 2022 - On May 14, letter carriers across central and western Oklahoma will collect nonperishable food donations from homes on their routes as part of the 30th National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. The drive returns after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oklahoma residents will receive plastic [...]

April 6, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's inaugural OKC Restaurant Week raised nearly $80,000 to help provide food for Oklahomans living with hunger. The week-long event featured 45 locally operated restaurants donating a portion of sales to fight hunger in Oklahoma. "We are so thankful for our partners across the metro restaurant [...]

March 30, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is seeking sites to provide meals to children 18 and under for its Summer Feeding Program. The organization expects to see a large decrease in both the number of sites participating in its Summer Feeding Program as well as the number of children served during [...]

March 21, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma has implemented a living wage policy for its employees. Effective Jan.1, no permanent Regional Food Bank employee earns less than $18.47 per hour. This increase in the base pay for all employees is the result of months of consultation, collaboration and research, taking into consideration [...]

March 17, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is seeking young professionals, aged 24 to 40, to apply for Leadership Council Group VIII. Applications are due April 17. Leadership Council brings together young professionals seeking to get involved in their community and state through engagement with the Regional Food Bank. Group members volunteer [...]

March 9, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Senior Servings Program has distributed more than 100,000 healthy, frozen take-home meals. The program, which debuted in 2020, is available at 32 Regional Food Bank partner locations in central and western Oklahoma. "The Senior Servings Program is so important to the older Oklahomans we serve, [...]

Feb. 21, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma will debut its inaugural OKC Restaurant Week on March 1-6, 2022. The event will feature more than 45 locally operated restaurants who are donating a portion of sales to fight hunger in Oklahoma. "We invite the community to not only dine out for a cause [...]

Feb. 17, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma received a $25,000 donation from Bank of America as part of the company's COVID-19 employee vaccine booster initiative. Bank of America donated $100 for every Oklahoma City employee who received a COVID-19 booster shot before the end of January. "Bank of America continues to be [...]

Feb. 10, 2022 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Holiday Match campaign will help provide more than 13 million meals to Oklahomans facing hunger. The match was made possible thanks to sponsors APMEX, the Cresap Family Foundation and an anonymous donor. KOCO 5 News partnered with the Regional Food Bank to promote the match [...]