How does the Regional Food Bank provide 7 meals for every dollar donated?
Product is donated from individuals and corporations during our Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive (in the spring) and Students Against Hunger Food Drive (in the fall), as well as local grocers and retailers. This donated product is a key element in keeping costs so low. As a member of Feeding America – the Nation’s network of Food Banks – the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma receives national product donations which are then distributed to over 450 partner agencies in central and western Oklahoma. The operating cost is also kept so low is because of the large number of volunteers that work at the Regional Food Bank. The amount of money that the Regional Food Bank would have to pay for the work done by volunteers would drive up the cost of operation significantly. Last year, volunteers saved the non-profit $725,000 in labor!
