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Jan. 25, 2024 – During the 2023 season, Downs Family Christmas, along with its visitors, contributed $19,011 and 5,395 pounds of food to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. These donations will help the Regional Food Bank provide 80,543 meals for individuals facing hunger in central and western Oklahoma. The yearly light show located in [...]

Dec. 14, 2023 - Oklahoma consistently ranks as one of the hungriest states in the nation. This holiday season, donations to fight hunger in Oklahoma are doubled in impact thanks to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Holiday Match. Through Jan. 15, all donations will be matched, up to $450,000, thanks to APMEX, the Cresap [...]

Nov. 30, 2023 - The Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma is performing an all-new production of "A Christmas Carol", presented by Devon Energy, through Dec. 24. Following each show, the cast and crew will once again collect donations from the audience to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Since 2011, Lyric Theatre audiences have contributed [...]

Nov. 17, 2023 - The Downs Family Christmas Light Ministry is raising food and funds to benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The annual holiday light display kicks off the evening of Nov. 23 and runs through the end of the year. The display, which features more than 18 miles of lights, is synchronized [...]

Nov. 15, 2023 - Fight hunger in Oklahoma this holiday season with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Holiday Match. Through Jan. 15, all donations will be matched, up to $450,000, thanks to APMEX, the Cresap Family Foundation and other generous donors. KOCO 5 will once again join as the official television partner of the [...]

Nov. 2, 2023 - The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Food for Kids Match raised more than $1 million to fight childhood hunger in central and western Oklahoma. The Food for Kids Match was made possible thanks to the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma, Chesapeake Energy, Mark and Beth Brewer, Dolese Bros. Corp, Energy Transfer, [...]

Oct. 26, 2023 - The Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation has donated a refrigerated truck and $20,000 to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation, the charitable arm of Darden Restaurants, Lineage Logistics and Penske collaborated on the donation to help support communities disproportionately impacted by hunger. "Oklahoma consistently ranks as one [...]

Oct. 25, 2023 - The Community Health Foundation of Kay County has provided a $30,000 grant to help fund the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Food for Kids Programs at several Kay County schools. The Regional Food Bank operates the Backpack and School Pantry programs at 14 schools in Kay County. "We are so grateful [...]

Sept. 26, 2023 - A grant from the Southern Oklahoma Memorial Foundation will help fund the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's School Pantry Program at six Carter County schools this year. The School Pantry Program provides chronically hungry middle and high school students with food to sustain them after school and over the weekends and [...]