Ways to Get Involved

Iron Gate depends on the compassion and generosity of our community. You are essential to our ability to feed the hungry and homeless of Tulsa every. There are several ways you can make a difference in the lives of our guests.

Volunteer

There are many opportunities for you to serve at Iron Gate. From serving the community meal, prepping in the pantry or helping guests during our grocery pantry, there is something for you to help with!

Visit our volunteer page for more information and to sign up to volunteer.

Host a Food Drive

Engage your family, work, faith group, or other community organization to help feed our neighbors in need by hosting a food drive. Collect food items in a day, a week, or a month, then bring them by Iron Gate to donate.

Iron Gate provides grocery assistance to households three times a week. You can help provide groceries to a family who needs a little extra help to get through hard times. Your donations help stock our pantry and provide variety to our guests while they shop our food pantry.

Click here for a full list of items to donate.

Donation Drop Off Hours:
Sunday/Saturday - 9am-2pm
Mondays/Wednesdays - 8am-12pm, 2-4pm
Tuesdays/Thursdays - 8am-4pm
Fridays - 8am-12pm, 2-3pm

If you have any questions or need to schedule a donation drop-off, please contact Carissa at cgutierrez@irongatetulsa.org or call 918-879-1709.

Kid’s Pack Assembly

This is a great way to get your kids involved! You purchase the items, pack the bags and donate.

Kid's packs are quart-sized bags filled with five of the following items.

 Shelf-stable milk or 100% Juice Box

 Protein bars, granola bars, Fig Newtons

 Pudding cups or natural fruit cups

(please include plastic spoon)

 Packaged crackers (pretzels, goldfish, etc.)

 Dried fruit, raisins

 Fruit snacks

 Quart-sized bags

If you have any questions, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Heather at hcrim@irongatetulsa.org.
Be sure to take photos and send us your pictures to Eryka at emcinnis@irongatetulsa.org.

Collect Brown Paper Bags, Plastic Bags and Egg Cartons

Iron Gate uses over 1,000 bags in our grocery pantries. Recycle your bags and egg cartons and bring them to us!
You can drop off at any of the times listed above.

Donate

Iron Gate relies on the generosity of Tulsa. Support comes from individual donors, faith organizations, businesses, foundations and service organizations. There are many ways to give to Iron Gate:

Become a Monthly Donor

Sign up for automatic monthly giving in any denomination you choose. Just $25 a month is enough to provide 7 hearty meals for Iron Gate guests.

Kid’s Pack Supplier

Iron Gate has a special heart for kids battling food insecurity. These quart-sized bags full of kid-friendly snacks are specifically reserved for our youngest guests. Every child who comes to the dining room receives one and we provide every parent who comes to the grocery pantry with a kid’s pack for every child in their household. As a kid’s pack supplier you would underwrite the cost of a months worth of kid’s packs: $1,200.

Donate in honor of a loved one

Celebrate his/her life, birthday, or anniversary and we'll send them a card for you.

Donate Toiletry Items

Although Iron Gate focuses on providing food, our guests sometimes request hygiene items. Anything from deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. You can drop by these items at the donation drop-off hours listed above.