Off to the left of the display towards the exit, we have set up a drop-box for canned food and another drop-box for cash donations for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. This is one of the largest food banks in the entire country, covering 53 counties in Oklahoma alone!

You can also donate online by visiting, https://feedok.regionalfoodbank.org/p/downs-family-christmas-holiday-drive

Remember, each dollar donated generates 5 meals from the Food Bank due to their immense buying power!

2022 donations were 5,019 pounds of food, and $25,097.85 in monetary donations. In total, this provided 104,574 meals!

The 2017 season ended with 6,520 pounds of food, and $38,649.70 in cash. This has pushed us close to the 2 million meal mark since we started taking donations back in 2008. This is all thanks to our wonderful community!

2016 donations were 9,444 pounds of food, and $33,019 in monetary donations.

2015 donations totaled to 9,021 pounds of food, and $35,522.02 in monetary donations. 

2014 finished up with a whopping $43,366.57 in monetary donations, and an additional 10,977 pounds of food.

2013 was another great year for donations, with cash totals of $38,002.82 and 9,588 pounds of food.

Record-breaking totals for 2012 were 10,318 pounds of food and $40,794.38 in cash! This is all due to our incredible support from Oklahomans, as well as a few special out-of-state visitors to the display. All donations are from private individuals, which makes this even more awesome!

2011 donations totaled to 7,391 pounds of food and cash donations totaling $37,208.31. In total, this generated 270,066 meals. Even though the weight of donated food was less than the previous year, the cash total more than compensates for the defecit. 

2010 was 8,860 pounds of food, and a total cash donation of $32,359.89! Together, this provided  233,334 individual meals, which is almost twice as many meals as the previous year, and over 28 times the number of meals produced in 2008!

2009 donations totaled 9,891 pounds of food with monetary donations totalling $17,492.65. Altogether in 2009, the community generated 130,171 meals for the Regional Food Bank.

The first year we began taking donations (2008), visitors to the show donated 5,140 pounds of food, and $598 in monetary donations. The money was particularly impressive, considering we weren't officially accepting money at the time. This added up to 8,201 individual meals.