Food Drive Provides Families Summer Meals

On Tuesday, July 1, Comanche Nation Food Distribution partnered with the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank to provide meals for 300 kids. The drive-thru event was open to the community and started about 10 a.m. at the Comanche Nation Headquarters.

Food Distribution Director Jaime Prouty said it’s part of a summer feeding program.

“Today's event was for the kids. We're doing a summer feeding giveaway. They get 10 days’ worth of food, so it's with the breakfast and lunch,” she said. “There's something easy for them to go open up and eat, just a little extra to help the parents out through the summer months with the kids being home.”

Prouty said most families don’t have food at home.

“They rely on going to school, and since school's out, they have to go somewhere, and things are just really expensive nowadays for parents to have to feed them every day, three meals a day, so we're just a little something to help out the community,” she said.

Prouty was glad to help out the community.

“Look out for some more dates on Facebook, flyers,” she said. “We're going to do this again a few more times before back to school.”

For those who didn’t receive meals, there will be up to three more giveaways at the Comanche Nation Casino in Lawton, Anadarko Outreach and the back-to-school bash, depending on availability.