Help is needed for Oklahoma City organization's Thanksgiving meal delivery

Other Options, an Oklahoma City organization, needs volunteers to deliver meals on Thanksgiving to families affected by HIV and AIDS. The organization also needs food donations for the meals.

 
By Jaclyn Cosgrove | Published: November 14, 2012    Comment on this article Leave a comment

photo - Chef Lucas Barnes and Lina Henneman volunteer at Other Options’ annual meal. Photo provided
Chef Lucas Barnes and Lina Henneman volunteer at Other Options’ annual meal. Photo provided

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People can drop off donations at Iguana Mexican Grill, 9 NW 9; Iguana Cafe, 6482 Avondale Drive; or Other Options, 3636 NW 51.

Any of the food donated that isn't used will be used at Other Options' Friends Food Pantry, which provides food, nutrition formula and toiletries to more than 1,200 adults and children monthly.

Mary Arbuckle, Other Options executive director, said to qualify for Other Options' services, a person must have low or no income. Other Options' clients are at poverty level, and about one-fourth do not have health insurance.

The Thanksgiving meals are likely the only meal that Other Options' clients and their families will have that day, Arbuckle said.

“For some of them, that's the only person they're going to see, so we make sure when they go out that they really give them a smile and wish them a happy Thanksgiving because, for a lot of them, that's their only meal, and that's the only face they'll see,” Arbuckle said.

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