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Food for Kids

Oklahoma consistently ranks as one of the state’s with the highest child food insecurity. The Regional Food Bank is working hard to end childhood hunger in Oklahoma by providing chronically hungry children with the nutritious food they need today to help them thrive.

Because there is a critical connection between childhood nutrition and cognitive and physical development, even nutritional deficiencies of a relatively short-term nature can negatively impact a child’s health, behavior and the ability to concentrate and perform complex tasks. Going without food can cause behavioral and psychological effects such as depression, aggression, anxiety and poor social skills in children. Food is the most essential school supply. Hungry children cannot learn.

The Regional Food Bank serves children directly through four Food for Kids Programs: Backpack Program, Kids Café, Summer Feeding Program and School Pantry Program. To learn about each of these programs, click on the links below.