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<em>Today's post is from Angeline LeLeux. <a href="http://inherfield.com/">Angeline blogs at InHerField.com</a>.</em> 

September is Hunger Action Month, and the <a href="http://www.cfbeo.org/">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a> has chosen orange as the color to promote awareness of hunger in our city and neighborhoods. 

Driving around in Tulsa, we see orange nearly everywhere - miles and miles of road-construction signs, barrels, cones and poles. What we don't always see is how hunger affects our friends and neighbors. More than a quarter of the residents who live in the eastern part of our state struggle with hunger at various times throughout the year. Plus, Oklahoma ranks in the top five states that offer very low food security. 

Nearly 50 percent of Food Bank clients have had to make the choice between paying for food or paying for utilities. These are people of all ages, from all economic and educational backgrounds. In an uncertain economy, it's impossible to apply stereotypical ideas to the 60,000 people per week that rely on the Food Bank.

What can you do to help? Because the Food Bank relies on donated products, a few dollars can go a long way. Did you know that $1 can provide as many as seven meals? A backpack of food that will go home with a child every weekend is $160, a small price to pay to ensure a child has something to eat when he or she is not in school. 

Got a spare hour or three? Contact the folks at the Food Bank and ask for a tour, or volunteer to sort and package donated food. 

And, don't forget the orange. Bring hunger awareness into your life and wear an orange ribbon, hand out oranges at work or help to make what your fellow Oklahomans think of when they see these road signs to a whole new level.

To learn more about the Community Food Bank of Eastern 