2011 Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive

Mark your calendars now for the 2011 Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive  from May 2 through 22, 2011 and the “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive on Saturday, May 14, 2011. 

The week of May 2nd, you will receive a plastic bag in your mailbox. Simply fill the bag with nonperishable food donations, and place it next to your mail box on Saturday, May 14th by 7 a.m. Your letter carrier will do the rest.

If you have any questions, contact Angie Gaines at againes@regionalfoodbank.org or 405-604-7109.

Most needed food donations:

• Canned meats
• Meat-based soups
• Canned fruits
• Canned vegetables
• Peanut butter
• Rice and beans.

 No homemade or glass items please!

2010 Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated to The Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive. A record-breaking 855,000 pounds of food and $699,000 was raised through the month-long event, which will provide 5.3 million meals to hungry Oklahomans in central and western Oklahoma.  The goal of the food drive was to raise 700,000 pounds of food and $625,000.

The Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive is a community-wide food and fund drive throughout the month of May.  In 2010, letter carriers in 59 cities in 32 counties and nearly 100 metro-area businesses participated in the food drive.

Check out photos from the month-long event on Flickr!

The following individuals and businesses were presented with awards to recognize their contributions to the 2010 food drive at the celebration event:

• Devon Energy Corporation received three awards - Executive Sponsor; Raising the Most Money ($588,000); and Raising the Most Meals for 500 or more Employees (4,116,000 meals)
• Chesapeake Energy - First Class Sponsor Recognition
• Christina Rehkop - Chair Recognition
• Cindy Batt – Sponsorship Sales Recognition
• National Association of Letter Carriers
• National Rural Letter Carriers Association
• Untied States Postal Service
• American Fidelity Assurance Company – Raising the Most Pounds Overall (12,470 pounds)
• CompSource - Raising the Most Meals, 100 to 499 Employees (2,675 meals)
• First United Bank - Raising the Most Meals, under 100 Employees (3,242 meals)
• Steve Riggs, David Miller and Bob Bearden – Hunger Hero Awards

2010 Steering Committee

Thanks to the following steering committee members:
Feeding Hope Chair Christina Rehkop, Devon Energy Corporation
Letter Carriers Chair David Miller
Letter Carriers Co-Chair Steve Riggs
Tom Carlson, Advance Foods Company
David Carpenter, American Fidelity Assurance Company
Brandi Scott, American Red Cross
Cindy Batt, Bank of Oklahoma
Gerald Cockerham & Shawn Steele, Associated Wholesale Grocers
Anita Reaves, Campbell's Soup
Tim O’Connor, Central Oklahoma Labor Federation
Cheryl Epperson, Express Employment Personnel
Kelly Epperson, Homeland and United Supermarkets
Brynn Mays, Ingenux
Amanda K, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores
Gaylene Stiles, Mercy
Bob Bearden, National Association of Letter Carriers
Marcus Evans, Oklahoma City Fire Department
Elisa Milbourn, Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau
Royce Thompson and Keith Beltz, Shawnee Post office

Sonya Dulan, United States Post Office
James  Bryant, United States Postal Service
Barbara Royce, United Way of Central and Western Oklahoma

Sponsors

The 2010 Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive is sponsored by: