Program Participants
More Than
The following companies and organizations are participants in
675,000
the Beef for Backpacks program:
Oklahomans
Beef for Backpacks
will wake up today and wonder where their next
meal will come from.
Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation The Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation was formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit to enhance awareness and understanding of agriculture’s contribution and importance to the state of Oklahoma. From promoting and assisting beginning farmers and ranchers to educating youth interested in agricultural pursuits, the foundation creates agricultural awareness.
Oklahoma Farming and Ranching F o u n d a t i o n
Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center
Chickasha Meat Co.
Oklahoma Farming and Ranching F o u n d a t i o n
RALPH’S
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CIRCLE
BRAND
Feeding Oklahomans with our state’s bounty
Beef for Backpacks
Food for Kids
Pledge a Donation
The Beef for Backpacks program uses donated cattle to
The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Community
The Beef for Backpacks program accepts both cattle and
produce nutritious beef sticks for Food For Kids programs at
Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma coordinate Food for Kids
monetary donations.Working together, we can help provide
the Regional Food Bank and the Community Food Bank of
programs to help supplement children’s diets when school
hungry children in Oklahoma with an important protein
Eastern Oklahoma.
lunch programs are unavailable. The program provides
source. If you would like to support the Beef for Backpacks
chronically hungry children, identified by school personnel,
program, please fill out this card and send it to:
Beef for Backpacks is a
with backpacks filled with non-perishable, kid-friendly food to
collaboration among the
eat on weekends and school holidays.
Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation, Oklahoma Farm
Between both food banks, the
Bureau, Oklahoma Beef Council,
programs serve 596 schools
Oklahoma State University Food
in all 77 Oklahoma counties,
and Agricultural Products Center, the Regional Food Bank of
providing backpacks to more
Oklahoma, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma,
than 17,500 chronically
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry,
hungry children each week.
Ralph’s Meat Company in Perkins and Chickasha Meats.
Beef for Backpacks Program Attn:Thad Doye 2501 N Stiles Oklahoma City, OK 73105
I wish to donate head of cattle to the Beef for Backpacks program. I wish to make a monetary contribution of $ to help support the Beef for Backpacks program.
Each week, volunteers at both food banks stuff backpacks
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with nutritious food and snacks that are handed out to school children to supplement their weekend diets. Beef sticks
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supplied by program participants provide a valuable source of More than 75 head of cattle are needed each year to
protein. The backpacks are an integral part of the Food for
provide enough beef sticks for all of the students in the
Kids programs.
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Food for Kids programs. To help sustain Beef for Backpacks, program participants are asking beef producers to consider a commitment of at least one animal per year.
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Your donation is tax deductible as a charitable donation to a 501(C)3 corporation, pursuant to IRS guidelines. Livestock donation receipt amounts will be based USDA
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daily market price. A Livestock Owner/Donor Certificate must be completed to receive donation receipt. For more information on how to donate livestock, contact Thad Doye by phone at (405) 255-5316 or by email at thad.doye@okfb.com.
Beef for Backpacks
Your donation is tax deductible as a charitable donation to a 501(C)3 corporation, pursuant to IRS guidelines. Livestock donation receipt amounts will be based USDA daily market price. A Livestock Owner/ Donor Certificate must be completed to receive donation receipt.