Member Agencies

To be eligible to receive product from the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, an organization must be a private, nonprofit organization or a church, and must be located within one of the 24 counties served by the Food Bank.

The organization must be operating either a pantry or on-site program. A pantry program provides grocery items to people to take home. An on-site program serves a snack and/or meal to people to eat at the organization's or church's physical location.

In addition:

• The participating agency is incorporated for the purpose of working with low-income, ill, needy or infants. Priority is given to programs providing emergency food for home use or on-site meals.

• The agency distributes product without regard for age, sex, religion, race, national origin or disability.

• A parent organization/agency must be in existence and established in the community for at least one year before its food program(s) can apply for Food Bank membership. The food program must be on-going and, with the exception of Food 4 Kids Backpack or Kids' Café programs, be documented for at least three months prior to application. The Food Bank cannot be the agency's only source of food.

• The agency is operating as a private, nonprofit agency with 501(c)(3) status or is an established church meeting the definitional requirements of the IRS.

• The food assistance program cannot be located in a for-profit business or a private residence.

For more information or to become a member agency, contact: