APMEX employees raise $55,000 and volunteer for Oklahoma food bank

APMEX turned its annual Fun Week into a two-part hunger relief push that raised $55,000 and sent employees out to sort food at two Oklahoma City metro post offices, a model that tied internal fundraising directly to visible service.

The company said Fun Week ran on friendly competitions, team events, raffles, food sales and other employee-driven activities, giving staff multiple ways to participate before the campaign ended with hands-on volunteer work. That sequence mattered: employees first built momentum inside the office, then saw the payoff in the community when volunteers helped process donations collected through the 2026 Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

On May 9, APMEX staff worked at the Midwest City Post Office and the Edmond Centennial Post Office. Those two sites collected a combined 23,390 pounds of food, which works out to about 19,490 meals using Feeding America’s estimate of 1.2 pounds per meal. For workplaces trying to keep employee giving from feeling abstract, the setup showed how a fundraising week can lead cleanly into a service day with a measurable outcome.

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma said APMEX and its employees have contributed more than $3.7 million over 15 years, a relationship that has become one of the food bank’s most reliable corporate pipelines. The food bank serves 53 counties across central and western Oklahoma and says volunteer shifts are available Monday through Saturday for individuals and groups of all sizes, a structure that makes it easier for companies to slot in service days without disrupting operations.

APMEX has described the Regional Food Bank as its primary charity and said service is one of its core values. Founder and president Scott Thomas has said he grew up knowing hunger, a background that helps explain why the company has kept returning to the same partner through annual drives, matching campaigns and volunteer shifts. In one summary, APMEX and the food bank said their partnership had produced more than 9.3 million meals over a decade.

The June campaign also fits into a longer pattern. In 2025, APMEX said its Stamp Out Hunger effort involved sorting 39,960 pounds of food at three locations. In 2022, employees helped sort over 600,000 pounds of donated food after a two-year pandemic hiatus. And in October 2016, close to 160 employees packed 9,678 meals at food bank headquarters, enough for 3,408 children to take home weekend meals. For hunger-relief groups and their workplace partners, the lesson is clear: when giving, volunteering and a repeatable annual ritual are designed together, participation is easier to sustain and the relationship lasts far longer than a single check.