CHARITIES
There are 500,000 Oklahomans at risk of hunger every day, including one in five of all
children in the state. The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma distributes enough food
to feed more than 63,000 hungry Oklahomans each week through 700 charitable
feeding programs and elementary schools in Oklahoma. The majority of those
helped by the Regional Food Bank are children, senior citizens on fixed incomes,
working families who cannot make ends meet, homeless families and individuals,
indigent people working to recover from mental illness or drug/alcohol addictions
and victims of domestic violence. The Food bank accomplishes all this through
programs like, Food 4 Kids, a program designed especially for chronically hungry
elementary age children who receive backpacks filled with non-perishable, kid-
friendly food to sustain them over weekends and holidays when school meal
programs are not available. The Regional Delivery System delivers food throughout
the Regional Food Bank’s 53 county service area, making 51 urban deliveries and 52
food deliveries monthly to 32 communities in rural Oklahoma.
The Central Oklahoma Humane Society is a nonprofit animal welfare organization
that exists to enrich the communities it serves by promoting the well-being of
animals. The Central Oklahoma Humane Society provides pet adoptions, spay/neuter
information as well as a low-cost spay/neuter clinic to Oklahomans for their pets.
The OK Humane Place Clinic employs two veterinarians and a full support staff. The
goal of the clinic is to perform 15,000 each year following and the clinic is open to
the public as well as local rescue groups. The Central Oklahoma Humane Society
also works to reduce suffering and to create meaningful social change for animals
by advocating for sensible public policies, investigating cruelty and working to
enforce existing laws, educating the public about animal issues, joining with
corporations on behalf of animal-friendly policies, and conducting hands-on
programs that make ours a more humane world. OK Humane is funded solely by
donations, grants, and bequests.
The Work Activity Center of Moore, Oklahoma; is a non-profit organization dedicated
to providing disabled adults with the tools they need to achieve fuller liveser
particularly strives to help and advocate for those who have no other opportunities
available to them. The Work Activity Center believes everyone needs an opportunity
to achieve his or her fullest potential and they seek to empower their Clients with
work-related skills, training and opportunities to enhance their quality of life.
Everyone is happier when they are productive. Everyone benefits when they have
useful work. The Work Activity Center is dedicated and committed to the philosophy
that disabled adults can be productive citizens, develop degrees of independent
living, learn new skills & contribute to The Work Activity Center of Moore, Oklahoma;
is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing disabled adults with the tools
they need to achieve fuller lives. The Center particularly strives to help and advocate
for those who have no other opportunities available to them. The Work Activity
Center believes everyone needs an opportunity to achieve his or her fullest potential
and they seek to empower their Clients with work-related skills, training and
opportunities to enhance their quality of life. Everyone is happier when they are
productive. Everyone benefits when they have useful work. The Work Activity Center
is dedicated and committed to the philosophy that disabled adults can be productive
citizens, develop degrees of independent living, learn new skills & contribute to
society & industry.
F7 Shawnee Work Activity Center
F7 Work Activity Center was established in 1957 as part of the Shawnee Public
Schools. In 1963 F7 separated from the school system and was established at the
current location as a sheltered workshop for adults with developmental disabilities.
F7 is named after the NASA spacecraft, Faith, after Gordon Cooper, a Shawnee
native who piloted the craft.
Today F7 has a workforce of 25 disabled employees.
F7 Work Acivity Center goals are to:
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To Improve Vocational Skills
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To engage in social interaction and learning by discovery
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To support community inclusion whenever possible
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To foster independence and provide a safe, nurturing environment
The F7 Activity Center provides social interaction for adult clients, facilitates their
sense of accompishment with appropriate work tasks and provides quality services
for their customers. They are not funded or associated with any other organization.