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Edmond Life and Leisure - October 3, 2024
ONG donation to help Edmond Mobile Meals
Every day, there are elderly and disabled Edmond residents who cannot prepare meals for themselves. Volunteers from Edmond Mobile Meals make sure they don’t go hungry.
A new donation from Oklahoma Natural Gas will double the daily number of nourishing meals the nonprofit can prepare to 400. Edmond Mobile Meals and Oklahoma Natural Gas held a check presentation and tour on Thursday at the charity’s newly renovated headquarters.
“This new kitchen allows us to target food insecurity, hunger and social isolation like never before,” said Cristi Twenter, executive director of Edmond Mobile Meals. “Our work is more than a meal for our clients, and increasing our meal output helps us cast a wider net.”
Volunteers' meals and daily contact allow homebound residents to remain independent and in their own homes. Edmond Mobile Meals has served over 1.1 million meals.
The over $32,000 donation purchased new natural gas stoves, ovens and other equipment and finishings. The 50-year-old nonprofit began serving meals from the renovated building this month.
“Edmond Mobile Meals serves 100 square miles, which takes hundreds of dedicated volunteers and a dependable energy source to cook the food,” said David Williams, vice president of operations at Oklahoma Natural Gas. “These new natural gas appliances will provide years of reliable, efficient energy to help Edmond Mobile Meals continue its great mission.”
About Oklahoma Natural Gas
Oklahoma Natural Gas provides safe, clean and reliable natural gas to serve more than 918,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Oklahoma. We are the largest natural gas distributor in the state in terms of customers. We are a division of ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS), a stand-alone, 100 percent regulated, publicly traded natural gas utility that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OGS.” ONE Gas is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States.
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