Arvest Million Meals Campaign running now until May 29th
Arvest Million Meals By Xavier McClure | April 5, 2021 at 9:23 AM CDT - Updated April 5 at 9:23 AM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Arvest Bank is teaming with several local food banks across Southwest Oklahoma for its Million Meals Campaign starting Monday. The campaign in its 11th year and have provided over 17 million meals for families in need.
Arvest is taking monetary donations from now until May 29th. You can donate by visiting your local Arvest branch or calling 866-952-9523.
Proceeds will go to places like Lawton Food Bank, Christians Concerned in Duncan, Chickasha Emergency Food Pantry, Elgin Community Food Bank and Walters Food 4 Kids.
Sylvan Learning Center finishes up food drive in Lawton
Sylvan Learning Center finishes up food drive in Lawton By Tiffany Bechtel | December 18, 2020 at 9:36 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 9:36 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The Sylvan Learning Center in Lawton has been holding a holiday food drive for the past couple of weeks.
This isn’t the first time they’ve held a food drive, but decided to aim higher this year because the pandemic has cause so many to the struggle.
Sylvan challenged students to bring in at least 50 items, but the students were able to beat that challenge by collecting more than six times the items. They far exceeded expectations by donating over 300 non-perishable items for families in need this holiday season.
Board member Kyle Cabelka said that protocols have hit into the traditional methods for fundraising.
âTypically, this time of year, Lawton AMBUCS will get kids from The Salvation Army and taken them on a shopping spree,â he said. âWe are down as far as revenue this year due to COVID and not getting to have Pancake Days.â
Pancake Days is an annual fundraiser event held in early November. It is also the biggest fundraising opportunity for the organization and, without it, things are tougher this year. But it doesnât mean this long-time service club isnât finding a way.
The results are in for the Share Your Christmas donation drive
The results are in for the Share Your Christmas donation drive By Tiffany Bechtel | December 11, 2020 at 8:50 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 8:55 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The 7News team was outside of both the Sheridan and Quannah Parker Walmarts from 8 am to 8 pm Thursday gathering donations for the Lawton Food Bank and Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army originally expected 8,000 pounds of food to be donated, but the generosity of the Lawton community by far exceeded that estimate. When all was said and done and the math was calculated, all the kind people who donated surpassed that number immensely!
Share Your Christmas brings in donations of food, money
Share Your Christmas brings in donations of food, money By Will Hutchison | December 10, 2020 at 10:58 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 10:58 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - On Thursday, men, women, and children of all ages stopped by the two Walmart stores in Lawton to donate to a great cause.
“It’s such a heartwarming feeling. It’s so fun to see everybody contributing. There’s a lot of people that are struggling to make ends meet right now and those that are doing OK are the ones that are helping everybody else out and it’s just wonderful to see,” said Marny Skindrud with the Lawton Food Bank.