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Food bank hosts event for federal workers

TULSA — The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma hosted an event designed to help federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay as a result of the ongoing partial federal shutdown.

CFBEO Executive Director Eileen Bradshaw told KRMG her agency was contacted by federal

“These are folks who don’t need to navigate the charitable assistance system,” she told KRMG Tuesday, pointing out that many of them don’t even know where to start.

“211 is a real treasure for folks who find themselves in this situation,” she added. “If they need something other than food, they can call 211, explain what the need is, chances are there’s someone in our community who’s willing to help.”

She told KRMG people lined up at 2:00 p.m. for the event, which ran from 3:00 to 7:00 so that both day and evening workers could make time to take advantage of the free food.

KRMG spoke with federal workers who said they’d never expected to need food assistance, and had never visited a food bank before.

But they were extremely grateful for the assistance.

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