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Forty Five State Farm Bureaus Unite- Donate $100,000 to Build Storm Shelters in Oklahoma Schools

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 02:13:28 CDT

In the aftermath of two EF-5 tornadoes that spun across central Oklahoma this past May, the Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation coordinated the giving of monies by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau along with Farm Bureaus in 44 other states- pulling together $100,000 toward building storm shelters in Oklahoma schools. The donation was announced Wednesday at a news conference at the state capitol.


"The Oklahoma Farming and Ranching Foundation is going to donate $100,000 to Shelter Oklahoma Schools. It's an exciting day because these dollars are donated from the toil of the hands of farmers and ranchers all across this nation," said Farming and Ranching Foundation President Jeremy Rich. You can hear Rich's comments as he announced the six figure gift on Wednesday at the State Capitol.


"The Oklahoma Farm Bureau and Farm Bureaus all across this nation have been a part of this effort. Farmers and ranchers in 45 states have donated the dollars that we're able to present today."


Mike Spradling, president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau said, "When we have a disaster or a need in a certain state, who first steps up? It's rural Oklahoma and from all across the nation as well. And that's exactly what happened. Forty-five of those states, and a lot of those states were not only states, but individuals, several individuals in each of those states, contributing their own personal dollars to be certain that when there was a state in need, certainly, they came to our rescue."


"We want to focus this $100,000 on rural schools in the state of Oklahoma," said Representative Mark McBride. He initiated the Shelter Oklahoma Schools initiative with several other lawmakers. "It's awesome that different states have chipped in to help us on this.


He says the first $25,000 grant is going to the Friend Public Schools northeast of Chickasha and will cap off what is needed to build a shelter there.


The Farm Bureau donation is just one of many to the Shelter Oklahoma Schools initiative undertaken by McBride, Representative John Echols and several other lawmakers.



   


   

Here is Jeremy Rich of the Oklahoma Farming & Ranching Foundation Announcing 6 Figure Gift right-click to download mp3

 

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