Reasor’s Ends Another Successful Food 2 Families Food Drive
Posted on December 18th, 2017Tulsa, OK – November 15th through December 12th, Reasor’s locations teamed up with local news station, KJRH Channel 2 for their 17th Annual Food 2 Families Food Drive, benefitting the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. Throughout the campaign, Reasor’s collected nearly 77,052 pounds of food and over $22,000 in monetary donations.
During the campaign, Reasor’s shoppers were given the opportunity to donate non-perishable food items, purchase pre-made sacks of the most needed items for $15 or make a donation at the cash register. Any cash donations over last year’s amount of $16,500 was matched by the George Kaiser Foundation, making their donation $6,037.00.
By collecting food, and monetary donations our Grand Total for Food 2 Families is 157,081 meals!
The recipient of the donations, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, works with a network of 450 partner programs in 24 counties of eastern Oklahoma. These programs include food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after school programs and senior citizen centers. Through this network, the food bank provides more than 346,000 meals each week.