Feb. 5, 2025 – The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s annual Holiday Match raised more than $3 million to help fight hunger in the state. All donations, up to $350,000, were matched thanks to presenting sponsor APMEX along with support from the Cresap Family Foundation. KOCO 5 News partnered with the Regional Food Bank as the official television partner throughout the match.

“The Holiday Match is crucial to the Regional Food Bank’s work each year. We are so thankful for the response the match receives from our generous donors and sponsors,” said Stacy Dykstra, chief executive officer of the Regional Food Bank. “The match is even more important to the Oklahomans we serve and it will help provide millions of meals to our partners across 53 counties in central and western Oklahoma.”

Donations to the Regional Food Bank were matched from Nov. 15 through Jan. 15, thanks to generous gifts from presenting sponsor APMEX and with support from the Cresap Family Foundation. Overall, the match raised $3,030,790 to support the Regional Food Bank.

“APMEX is committed to fighting hunger through both volunteer efforts and financial support. We have been impressed with the Regional Food Bank and the various ways they support our community, always putting individuals in need front and center,” said Ken Lewis, chief executive officer of APMEX. “We are proud to support their impactful work.”

Donations from the Holiday Match will help the Regional Food Bank provide more than 9 million meals to Oklahomans living with hunger. Including Oklahomans like Amy. She shops for food at the Regional Food Bank Food & Resource Center in Moore. Amy is a mother of three and has enjoyed raising her kids on her own. Two of her children are grown, but Amy is happy to still have her 16-year-old daughter home with her. She was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness and is unable to work.

“Knowing that there’s places like this that exist are just a miracle to me,” Amy says. “I cried the very first time I came here when my trunk was completely full of groceries.”

KOCO 5 served as the official television partner of the Holiday Match featured the impact of the Regional Food Bank’s programs throughout the match with news coverage and on-air promotion.

“We feel blessed to serve our community through our partnership with the Regional Food Bank. Additionally, I’m thankful to our viewers who never fail to open their hearts and their pocketbooks to help Oklahomans in need,” said Brent Hensley, president and general manager of KOCO 5. “This food drive changes lives each year and we love being able to support this good work.”