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Hunger in Oklahoma More than 656,000 Oklahomans have inconsistent access to food.

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Hunger in Oklahoma

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Hunger in Oklahoma

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Founded in 1980 Mission: “Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” Largest private hunger-relief organization in Oklahoma Administrative and fundraising costs below 4%

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ In fiscal year 2015, the Regional Food Bank distributed 49.9 million pounds of food through a network of more than 1,250 charitable feeding programs and schools throughout 53 central and western Oklahoma counties. Distribution in Central and Western Oklahoma

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Each week, the Regional Food Bank provides enough food to feed 116,000 Oklahomans.

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Who We Serve… Families living paycheck to paycheck Children living in poverty Seniors living on fixed incomes Unemployed (and/or) under-employed

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ The Hardworking Hungry The Hardworking Hungry

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Programs and Services

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Childhood Hunger Programs Food for Kids Backpack Program Kids Cafe Summer Feeding School Pantries School’s Out

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Food for Kids Backpack Program Each child receives a backpack filled with shelf-stable, nutritious food to sustain them over weekends and holidays when school meal programs are not available. Last fiscal year, we served nearly 18,500 chronically hungry children in 514 elementary schools in 53 central and western Oklahoma counties.

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“He is just really excited every week and looks forward to what’s in his backpack. It helps his behavior and gives him some motivation and some incentive throughout the week and something over the weekend to help him.” - Tiffany

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ School Pantry Program The Regional Food Bank is currently operating 143 School Pantries throughout the metro area. During the school year, the School Pantry program served over nearly 5,000 students and distributed 821,186 pounds of food – the equivalent of 684,322 meals.

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Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma partners with 17 sites around the Oklahoma City metro including YMCA, OKC Parks and Rec, Boys & Girls Clubs and others, to provide lunch and snacks to students over the extended school breaks. More than 15,000 meals meals were provided to 1,400 students over school breaks. School’s Out

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Through a 13 year partnership with USDA and the Oklahoma Department of Education, the Summer Feeding program provided more than 242,000 meals to 6,500 children at 93 summer feeding sites during fiscal year Summer Feeding for rural communities is underwritten by a grant from the Sodexo Foundation. Summer Feeding

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Kids Cafe and Snack Sites 37 sites provide an afterschool safe haven for at-risk youth where children can receive a meal and get help with homework and life- skills. Meals and snacks were provided to 6,300 + children in fiscal year More fresh fruits and vegetables are made available on a regular basis as we worked to improve the nutritional content of all meals.

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Senior Mobile Pantry The Regional Food Bank assists with 18 Senior Mobile sites and served about 1,000 seniors a month, providing nearly 13,000 meals during fiscal year 2015.

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ There are 29 Senior Home Delivery sites in our service area. Seniors who receive our home delivery sacks get a nutritional supplement that helps them to hold off hunger at the end of the month when money is tight. These sites serve an average of 800 seniors a month. Senior Home Delivery

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ “If it weren’t for the Food Bank, I wouldn’t have anything to eat. No, I’m serious. I get $88 in Food Stamps each month, but by the time I’ve gone to the grocery story that’s mostly gone. All I have in my house right now is a loaf of bread, half a container of bologna and two cans of fruit.” - Cliff

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Food insecurity is linked to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases. Oklahoma ranks among the 10 worst states for many key health indicators, including: cardiovascular deaths, physical inactivity, premature deaths, obesity, and preventable hospitalizations. Hunger and Health

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Through a combination of healthy food distributions, targeted clinical care, nutrition education and wellness resources, Fresh Rx eliminates key barriers to improved health, including a lack of access to healthy food and transportation challenges. Fresh Food Mobile Market Healthy Living Pantry Boxes Nutrition Education Urban Harvest

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Fresh Food Mobile Market Last year, 8 sites served an average of 1,568 Oklahomans each month, totaling 520,477 pounds of fresh produce last fiscal year. Each month, the Fresh Food Mobile Market provides each client an average of 27 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Cooking Demonstrations Recipes Nutrition Classes Nutrition Education Healthy Living Pantry Boxes Food specifically selected for chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension Boxes distributed by “prescription” from healthcare professionals

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Last fiscal year: 2,292 pounds harvested 609 Educational tours (403 under age 18) 7,180 seedlings grown and distributed for community gardens 947 seed packets distributed URBAN HARVEST

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ Future sites planned: Skyline Urban Ministries, OKC; Durant; Food & Resource Centers Urban Mission Loaves and Fishes City Rescue Mission HELP, Inc. Lawton Food Bank Moore F&RC Salvation Army F&RC Skyline F&RC Benefits: Client-choice shopping environment; greater variety of food and open longer hours – greater accessibility for the working hungry.

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Innovation & Collaboration Griffin Communications Partnership with News 9 to raise awareness and funds for childhood hunger Beef for Backpacks and Pork for Packs 4 H and FFA donating livestock to produce beef and pork sticks for Food for Kids Program (381 livestock). Feeding America Ongoing partnerships and collaborations

“Fighting Hunger…Feeding Hope” ™ How can you help? regionalfoodbank.org/volunteer

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