Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma To Break Ground On Facility Expansion

The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is officially breaking ground Friday on an expansion to their current building. Leaders with the Community Food Bank say the ceremony is at 11 a.m. They say that when all is finished, the new building will make room for new opportunities to serve the community and help people in need.

The $28 million “Build Hope Capital Expansion Project” will be an expansion to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s current building near Pine and Peoria in Tulsa.

When completed, the facility will include a culinary center, volunteer center, warehouse and partner agency access.

Leaders say one in seven people are facing hunger in the Tulsa area and every year they distribute more than 27 million meals to people in need. They say they believe this expansion will double the amount of food available for distribution to their partnering food pantries across Eastern Oklahoma.

They say they have been in service to those in need in the Tulsa community for 40 years and they are looking forward to another 40 in the new and updated facility.