Arvest supplies snack packs

December 17, 2014 at 5:00 a.m.

by Staff Reports

Submitted Photo Jo Derwin, intermediate school counselor (left), and Kristi Hollaway, Arvest Bank branch manager in Gentry, stand with some of the 102 packs the bank provides every year with the help of partner McKee Foods, which donates funds and the backpacks used in the program. Arvest Bank in Gentry supplied snack packs to the Gentry elementary and intermediate schools for the holiday break. The packs, filled with easy-to-prepare foods such as easy macaroni and cheese, apple sauce, crackers, ravioli, oatmeal, granola bars and other nutritious items, are intended for children at risk for some food insecurity over the long holiday break away from school-provided breakfasts and lunches.
Submitted Photo Jo Derwin, intermediate school counselor (left), and Kristi Hollaway, Arvest Bank branch manager in Gentry, stand with some of the 102 packs the bank provides every year with the help of partner McKee Foods, which donates funds and the backpacks used in the program. Arvest Bank in Gentry supplied snack packs to the Gentry elementary and intermediate schools for the holiday break. The packs, filled with easy-to-prepare foods such as easy macaroni and cheese, apple sauce, crackers, ravioli, oatmeal, granola bars and other nutritious items, are intended for children at risk for some food insecurity over the long holiday break away from school-provided breakfasts and lunches.

GENTRY -- Arvest Bank in Gentry supplied snack packs to supply Gentry elementary and intermediate schools for the holiday break.

The packs, filled with easy to prepare foods such as easy macaroni and cheese, apple sauce, crackers, ravioli, oatmeal, granola bars and other nutritious items, are intended for children at risk for some food insecurity over the long holiday break away from school-provided breakfasts and lunches.

General News on 12/17/2014