Oklahoma nonprofit Feed the Children announced Tuesday that it will deploy 14 tractor-trailer trucks throughout the state on Thursday, November 19 to deliver food and personal care items to 5,600 needy families.
Thursday’s deployment will be part of the nonprofit group’s "Americans Feeding Americans Emergency Caravan" campaign, and is funded through money raised by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services county offices and the Oklahoma County Administrators Association.
"The heart of Feed the Children’s U.S. program is distributing food to families in need," says the group’s website.
Each relief recipient will receive one box of food and one box of personal care items designed to support a family for up to one week. Aid recipients will also receive bags filled with personal care products and gift items donated by beauty and cosmetics supplier Avon Products.
This Thursday’s operations in Oklahoma will be the emergency caravan’s 10th stop nationwide. This Feed The Children program has helped more than 25,000 needy U.S. families so far, according to event organizers. Other caravan stops included New York, Chicago and Nashville, as well as cities in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, North Carolina and South Carolina.
"Now more than ever, it’s important to keep our Americans Feeding Americans Emergency Caravan on the road," the group said in a recent blog post.
Feed the Children was founded in 1979, and is based in Oklahoma City. Feed The Children is a nonprofit, Christian relief organization dedicated to delivering food, clothing, medicine and other necessities to people who lack daily essentials due to poverty, war, famine or natural disasters. Feed The Children has staged relief efforts in 118 countries and is the sixth-largest U.S. charity, according to Forbes Magazine. Its 2008 revenues totaled $944 million.