A devastating tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday destroying more than 8,000 homes and resulting in dozens of fatalities. And just like in other national disasters, a Feeding America Member food bank is on the ground, ready to help as soon as the storm passed. Immediately following the disaster, The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma began the process of mobilizing staff and volunteers to distribute food and supplies to the countless people in need in their service area.
At this point, the food bank is requesting
handheld snacks and ready-to-eat foods for distribution but NOT canned pantry box items. Water is also a priority, but the preference would be to source water from other food banks who are geographically close to Oklahoma City.
Feeding America,
Volutary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), and FEMA do NOT encourage community food drives outside the State of Oklahoma.
Instead food banks within the network and food companies who work with Feeding America will provide these items in tractor-trailer load quantities to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.
To learn more about ways to help that will be most effective, go to the
FEMA website
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