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🥫 Jenks Community Food Bank

The Community
Taking Care of Itself.

Since 1994, the Jenks Community Food Bank has provided food and essential necessities to families in the Jenks Public School district who need temporary assistance — neighbor helping neighbor, year after year.

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556
Families Served in 2024
259,980
Pounds of Food Distributed
4,000+
Volunteer Hours Per Year
1994
Year Founded
About the Food Bank

The Community Taking Care of the Community

It started in 1994 with an Eagle Scout and a mission — provide food and essential necessities to families in the Jenks Public School district who need temporary help. More than thirty years later, the Jenks Community Food Bank is still at it, still volunteer-powered, still fueled entirely by the generosity of the community it serves.

The Food Bank's name was chosen deliberately. "We couldn't do it alone, and that's why we wanted to be called the Jenks Community Food Bank — because we are the community taking care of the community." That spirit is visible in everything the organization does: over 4,000 volunteer hours logged every year by Jenks neighbors, teachers, business owners, and families who believe no one in Jenks should go hungry.

The need is real. More than 40% of students in Jenks Public Schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. The Food Bank meets that need directly — in 2024 alone, food was provided to 1,782 individuals across 556 families, with nearly 260,000 pounds of groceries distributed through 5,949 individual distributions.

"We're here. Sadly, we'd like to go out of business, but we'll never go out of business because there will always be a need."

— Jenks Community Food Bank volunteer
Guest Select Shopping

The Food Bank uses a Guest Select Shopping model — families choose their own groceries, preserving dignity and ensuring households get the foods they actually need and will use.

Every distribution includes non-perishable items as available, as well as fresh produce, bakery goods, dairy, and meat. Service is by appointment on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

How to Help
  • 🥫 Donate non-perishable food items
  • 💵 Make a monetary donation online
  • 🙋 Volunteer for distribution days
  • 🏢 Organize a workplace food drive
  • 📣 Spread the word in our community
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Connected to the Trojan Family

The bond between the Jenks Community Food Bank and Jenks Public Schools runs deep. When the Trojan Pride Marching Band held its Grand Nationals send-off, the community showed up — and donated 1,681 pounds of food to the Food Bank in a single night. That's Jenks, America.

JenksFM 90.1 is proud to broadcast the voice of this community — and the Jenks Community Food Bank is part of that community in the most direct way possible: making sure every family in the Jenks school district has enough to eat.

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Support the Jenks Community Food Bank

Donate food, volunteer your time, or give online. Every contribution goes directly to feeding families in the Jenks Public School district.

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The Jenks Community Food Bank is a registered non-profit organization. Donations are gratefully accepted and may be tax-deductible.