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"Inside a gray building in downtown Oklahoma City sits aisles of help and hope. The Food Resource Center sits stacked with free food for the needy, but few are aware of its existence.Watch Katy Blakey's report\"There are tens of thousands who need this service but just don't know that it is here,\" said Tom Jones, CEO of the City Rescue Mission, which operates the center.Designed like a grocery store, patrons grab a shopping cart and browse aisles for the foods they want, rather than just accepting a box of donations. The store is stocked with every type of food. The aisles of groceries are thanks to generous donations from companies and a partnership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.Anyone currently on food stamps can shop at the store, along with anyone referred from a social service agency, church or employer.Jones said the store is there to help those who may be struggling to pay bills and make ends meet.\"We're able to provide food to the near homeless,\" said Jones. \"Those that are the working poor. Many times they have jobs but they are making minimum wage. Then something happens in their life, like their car breaks down, and they panic because they don't have any savings.\"The store has already served 22,000 households since its opening in late 2012, but Jones said he knows the need for this service is greater than the numbers they've been seeing.\"When someone doesn't know where they are going to get their next meal they can come here,\" said Jones.To learn more, visit City Rescue Mission.The Impact Hunger Food Resource Center is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 7 p.m.Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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