Deck the Halls?

The holiday season is filled with joy and hope for so many people — but not everyone. While many of us are all smiles and songs as we deck the halls, many of our neighbors are having a hard time finding much to celebrate.

Job losses. The threat of eviction. Ongoing problems with the pandemic. Limited incomes that never stretch to the end of the month. Having to choose between paying the bills or buying groceries.

Deck the halls? Many neighbors would be thrilled to just stock the fridge.

That’s exactly where you come into the story.

As you read through this newsletter, you’ll read how your support has helped children, families and seniors throughout central and western Oklahoma — including how you made an 8-year-old boy’s simple wish come true: He just wanted a turkey for Thanksgiving.

You can help more wishes come true this holiday season, thanks to our Holiday Match Campaign, made possible by a generous $500,000 matching gift from APMEX, the Cresap Family Foundation and an anonymous donor. Every $1 you give will go twice as far to help provide 8 meals to Oklahomans facing hunger.

So many holiday celebrations are centered around food. I can’t think of a better way to help spread holiday joy than to put food on the table for our friends in need. Can you?

Stacy Dykstra, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer