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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Hunger News

 Hungry children looking for a free meal this summer may not be able to find one. States and cities have cut funding for summer meal programs as need has skyrocketed, according to a new report…to read the rest of this article, click below
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Food For Thought

In the past, I've often been asked the question, "How can someone really make a difference in the world"?  My answer is always the same: “Do something meaningful for someone who has no way to pay you back.”   It's easy to lend something and expect it to be returned but when you give with no expectation of getting something in return, you will "always" get more back than you gave.

Our program allows you to go about your everyday life and still help others. When you shop using our online mall, proceeds from the rebates the stores give are given to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma to help feed those who are struggling to feed themselves and their families. The websites in our mall are places where you probably shop now.  There is no additional cost to you for using the online mall.  The companies provide rebates in exchange for the traffic we send to their sites. By shopping here Oklahomans who need help can get it.

Even if you can’t shop right now there are still ways you can help:

1.     Download our Shopping Wizard - It downloads to your toolbar and is a reminder to you to remember to use our site when you're ready to shop
2.       Tell others about us.  They may be getting ready to travel and need airline tickets or maybe they need to purchase a gift for someone.  Maybe they are a Bass Pro junkie like myself and can't stay off Bass Pro.com...smile.

Thanks in advance for your support and for helping us Feed Oklahoma.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Food Assistance Programs & Resources

Child nutrition programs make a positive difference. They can mean the difference between empty tummies and the ability to function productively and healthfully. For children, they can make the difference between healthy growth…and failure to thrive. The more families who use them, the closer we come to our goal of ending childhood hunger in America by 2015.

1 in 5 Americans use at least one of USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs during the year.xvi

Nearly half (49.2%) of American children will receive SNAP benefits at some point in their lives.xvii
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly “food stamps”):
35.5 million Americans used SNAP on average per month during 2009, 6.1 million more per month than in 2008.

The average monthly SNAP benefit in 2009 was $128.45 per person, or less than $1.50 per meal.

17.7 million American children received SNAP benefits on average per month in 2009.xviii
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC):
Nearly 9.2 million American women and children under the age of 5 participated in WIC on average per month in 2009.

7 million participants were children and infants in 2009.

$41.93 was the average monthly food benefit each participant received in 2009, $1.84 less per month than in 2008.

Every $1 spent on WIC results in $1.77 to $3.13 in Medicaid savings for newborns and their mothers.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma: Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope

Hunger Facts

Oklahoma is the fourth hungriest
state in the nation.

One in five Oklahoma children is at
risk of going to bed hungry.

We've got to change this! Help us help our fellow Oklahomans.

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Understanding Childhood Hunger

Facts On Childhood Hunger

EVEN WITH FACTS AND FIGURES LIKE THESE BELOW, CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA ISN'T IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE. THROUGH NO KID HUNGRY™, SHARE OUR STRENGTH'S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER BY 2015, WE CONNECT NEEDY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH NUTRITIOUS FOOD WHERE THEY LIVE, LEARN AND PLAY. TOGETHER, WE ARE MAKING SURE NO CHILD IN AMERICA GROWS UP HUNGRY.

Why Childhood Hunger Is Important

hunger-facts1-small.jpgHunger impairs our children’s health in significant and long-lasting ways:
Hunger impedes our children’s ability to learn and perform academically.
Hunger predisposes our children to emotional and behavioral difficulties.

Hunger in Oklahoma FYI


Hunger is truly a reality in our own backyard:
  • According to the USDA, Oklahoma is the fourth hungriest state in the nation and number six in food insecurity, which means that the food intake of some household members is reduced and normal eating patterns disrupted because the household lacks money and other resources for food.
  • One out of every five Oklahoma children is at risk of going to bed hungry every night.
  • Of households experiencing hunger, less than 20 percent are classified as unemployed. More than one-third are disabled and/or retired, while the remaining 46 percent have at least one working member.
  • More people are enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, than any other time in Oklahoma's history and unemployment is at a five-year high.

The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma


About the Food Bank


The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma was founded in 1981 as the Tulsa Community Food Bank. We are a private, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that works to feed the hungry of Eastern Oklahoma and engages our communities in ending hunger.


Who We Serve


We serve 450 Partner Programs in 24 counties of Eastern Oklahoma. These programs include emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, after-school programs and senior citizen centers. Nearly half of the food that is distributed to the hungry by these agencies comes from the Food Bank and together we feed 60,000 people per week.


Proceeds from our online mall are donated to this organization.




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Note: We are not in anyway affiliated with The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, this is our charity of choice.

Hunger in Oklahoma

The Harsh Reality of Hunger
in Oklahoma


Sadly, according to the USDA, Oklahoma ranks fourth in the nation in the number of people who are "very low food insecure," or hungry, at 5.9 percent. We rank sixth in the nation at 14.0 percent in the number of people who are food insecure, which is defined by the USDA as being hungry at times during the year due to lack of money for food. Here is a brief snapshot of the hungry in Eastern Oklahoma:
The Faces of the Hungry in Eastern Oklahoma
  • 44 percent of household members served by emergency pantry programs in Eastern Oklahoma are children under the age of 18.
  • More than 22 percent of our children live in food insecure households - more then one in five children at risk of going to bed hungry every night.
  • Of households experiencing hunger, less than 20 percent are classified as unemployed. More than one-third are disabled and/or retired, while the remaining 46 percent have at least one working member.
Poverty in Eastern Oklahoma
  • 16.2 percent of Oklahomans live in poverty, more than one in six. The poverty level in 2009 is $22,050 for a family of four.
  • Oklahoma's poverty rate is highest on children with 23.2 percent living in poverty.
Tough Choices
  • 48 percent of households served report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities; 36 percent had to choose between paying for food and paying rent or mortgage; and 34 percent had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care.
Emergency Food Programs
  • The Food Bank is by far the single most important source of food for emergency food programs, accounting for 70 percent of food used by pantries, 56 percent of food used by soup kitchens and 42 percent of food used by shelters.
  • The single fastest growing group of people relying on emergency feeding programs is the working poor: households where both parents may be working, or where one is holding down one or more low-paying jobs.