Teens To Collect Canned Food At Tulsa's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade

This year's Martin Luther King Parade on January 16th will include a food drive benefiting the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. REV Tulsa, a teen group, is hosting the canned food drive.

A Food Bank truck will travel the parade route, and there will be additional collections at two sites along the parade route.

The parade begins at 11 a.m. at Detroit and John Hope Franklin Boulevard, continuing down Greenwood Avenue to East Archer Street and North Elgin Avenue. See the parade route.

REV Tulsa teens are inviting the community to join them at ONEOK Field to collect and sort canned food that will go to Oklahomans struggling with hunger.

Food Bank Communications Director Susan Tilkin said the high school students had the idea of merging the parade and food bank drive, showing "the power and energy young people today have in making their community a brighter and safer place for all."

"This group is very proactive and deeply engaged in both volunteering and making a difference, and the Food Bank couldn't be prouder that REV Tulsa chose to address childhood hunger as their action for the upcoming Martin Luther King Day holiday," she said.

If you can't make the parade, cans are being collected at eight area high schools: Booker T. Washington, Edison, Holland Hall, Bishop Kelley, Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, Metro Christian, Jenks and Union.

All food will be distributed to a 24-county area by the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

Learn more about Martin Luther King Day Jr. events