Ora Education Foundation

Thirst for a cause celebrates great food and wine while raising money for local restaurant workers without health insurance.

Awards dinner expense and other miscellaneous expenses were incurred to present the awards and raise revenue by the silent auction as well as administer the foundation.

To provide scholarships to students.

Odyssey dinners provides education, training & experience

Victim impact fund expenses provide funds for food service individuals who have been victims of crime.

Oklahoma restaurant employee relief fund- in cooperation with the lobeck taylor family foundation in tulsa and the cresap family foundation in okc, the ora helped facilitate the marketing, application process, and distribution of 649 grants equaling $524,000 in employee relief grants for restaurant employees financially impacted by the covid-19 pandemic. The final decision on who receives funding came from the lobeck taylor family foundation and the cresap family foundation.