Advance #582161 - COOKSON HILLS CENTER UNITED METHODIST MISSION
We are located in 3 of the 4 poorest counties in OK. Poverty is systemic and all of the effects of poverty can be seen here in this area. (Domestic Violence, addiction, incest, gambling, child neglect, hunger, lack of transportation and spiritual depravity.) 38% of our children go to bed hungry, and 38% of our elderly go to bed hungry. Native Americans are the poorest ethnic group in the United States.