The Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma works to make sure people dont go hungry.

Last year, it distributed 31 million pounds of food to 24 counties in the state.

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Its striving to stay prepared as the government shutdown continues.

Jeff Marlow, the CEO of the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

He said there are a lot of uncertainties, but the food bank is prepared to a certain extent, since most of the food comes from other suppliers besides the government.

Staff say 15 percent of it comes from the federal government through The Emergency Food Assistance Program or TEFAP.

"We actually have our TEFAP ordered, and we're good for a little over a month," said Marlow. "But if this goes further, we won't be able to put

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