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Arvest Bank is partnering with Community Services Clearinghouse, United Way, Antioch for Youth and Family for its annual Million Meals campaign.

Students at Van Buren High School are selling handmade ceramic bowls to raise money for Community Services Clearinghouse in Fort Smith.

The Oklahoma Pork Council recently donated $12,300 to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Pork for Packs program.

Junior League Gainesville works to end hunger The Junior League of Gainesville is marking significant milestones and making plans to reduce food insecurity in the Gainesville community, an important priority to the League since it was founded in 1935 that is more crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In response to immediate food needs brought on by the pandemic, the Junior League of Gainesville provided 1,500 pounds of food to their community partners — Food4Kids BackPack Program, SWAG (S...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE GB Taco Bell joins effort to help fight childhood hunger Taco Bell in Great Bend, 3607 W. 10th St., is working with Kansas Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Program to help feed chronically hungry children. - photo by Susan Thacker Taco Bell is teaming up with the Kansas Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Program to help chronically hungry children. Every Friday during the school year, the Kansas Food Bank provides backpacks ...

Help Hays Taco Bell, Kansas Food Bank fight child hunger Kansas Food Bank press release Taco Bell is teaming up with the Kansas Food Bank’s Food 4 Kids Program to help chronically hungry children. Every Friday during the school year, the Kansas Food Bank provides backpacks of food for children who don’t get enough to eat at home on the weekends. From March 18th through March 31st, participating Taco Bell restaurants across Kansas, including the one in Hays (located at 1730 Vine Street), wi...

Rock art helping feed students in need Rock art helping feed students in need By Dallas Payeton | January 20, 2021 at 6:30 PM CST - Updated January 20 at 6:31 PM LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A Lawton community member is taking small donations for rock paintings to support his favorite charity. Lawton Public Schools Food for Kids Backpack Program got a big boost thanks to Lawtonian, Addam Tate. He donated more than 600-dollars to the program that gives students in need a bag of food to hold them ...

Recent graduates of a local business accelerator program competed in Union Bank’s third annual start-up pitching competition on December 18, and out of nine contestants, three entrepreneurs—all women of color—won the contest and were awarded funding for their companies. The event was the latest held by Connect All @ the Jacobs Center, an accelerator dedicated to minority-owned companies. Contestants completed a four-month training program, and then had just five minutes to pitch ...