Food banks across the state have been helping record numbers of residents as the recent pandemic has created a spike in unemployment. The Central Community Foundation provided $24,000 in assistance to area food banks this Spring to help with the surge. Recently the foundation provided another $12,000 in funding to the following food banks:
• Helping Hands Community Foundation, Chandler
• Orlando First Baptist Church
• God's Food Bank, Guthrie
• Luther Community Service Center
• Langston Community Food Pantry
• Stroud Food Pantry
• 4 Kids & Community, Perkins
• Mehan Union Church Food Program
• Perry Food Pantry, Inc
• Perry Community Cares
• Our Daily Bread, Stillwater
• Hilltop Country Church Food Pantry, Morrison
The Central Community Foundation is a charitable organization established by Central Rural Electric Cooperative to administer a program called Operation Round Up. The foundation has five fields of interest: healthcare, education, disaster relief, personal need and community purpose. Visit www.MyCentral.Foundation to learn more about the impact the Central Community Foundation is making.