The Edmond Sun
EDMOND —
Ideal Homes announces Extreme Food Drive 2
Ideal Homes recently announced Extreme Food Drive 2, in conjunction with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s 2011 Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive.
“Last year we built an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition home for a deserving Oklahoma family,” said Vernon McKown, Ideal’s co-owner and president of sales. “That project included a community food drive that set show records, collecting more than 32,000 pounds of food. Many of our Extreme volunteers told us they wanted to do it again, so we’ve partnered with the Regional Food Bank for this year’s drive.”
The Feeding Hope and Letter Carriers Food Drive is RFB’s largest project of the year. With thousands of letter carriers and nearly 100 businesses helping, last year the drive raised a record 855,000 pounds of food and $699,000. These collections will provide 5.3 million meals to hungry Oklahomans in central and western Oklahoma.
Ideal will collect food and donations at 18 locations around the metro in May. For a complete list of Ideal’s model home drop-off locations and a link to make credit-card donations, visit Ideal-Homes.com and click on the company’s blog. Food can be dropped off at the Design Center, 9211 S. I-35 (west-side service road, between exits 119 and 120) and at the company offices, 1320 N. Porter in Norman (just north of Robinson).
