🌱 OKCPD Donate Winter Coats + Hunger Free OK Wins Grant Support

Good morning, Oklahoma City! Happy Thanksgiving! Please know that, like most of you, I will be taking the day off to enjoy the festivities, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of the slight pause in the Oklahoma City Daily, and we'll be back to our normal routine Saturday morning!

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First, today's weather:

Cooler; breezy in the morning. High: 50 Low: 33.

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Here are the top stories in Oklahoma City today:

1. The Oklahoma City Police Department donated hundreds of winter coats for children experiencing homelessness. The department delivered around 400 winter coats to Positive Tomorrows on Tuesday as part of its National Faith and Blue events dedicated to building bridges in the community. (KOCO Oklahoma City)
2. Millions of dollars from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust will be spent on food for Oklahomans in need. The $6.3 million grant will help Hunger Free Oklahoma expand support programs to grocery stores in areas where people in need of financial assistance live. (kfor.com)
3. The Oklahoma City-based Dolese Bros. Co. donated four fire trucks to rural fire departments across the state. (news9.com KWTV)
4. Snow tubing and other Winterfest activities will return to Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark this weekend following cancellation last year due to COVID-19. (KOCO Oklahoma City)
5. School districts across the Oklahoma City metro area plan to welcome back hundreds of students after more than a year of online learning.

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Today in Oklahoma City:

• Oklahoma City Turkey Tracks 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run (8:30 AM)

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About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.