VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Tulsa woman gives back to food bank for 10 years [Video]

TULSA, Okla. — It’s a full-circle experience for one Tulsa woman who is giving back to the organization that was instrumental in her life when she was raising her kids.

Flora Burris has spent the last decade volunteering at the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

“It’s been amazing to me to be a partner of volunteering here,” said Flora Burris.

Every week, on Tuesday and Thursday, Flora Burris spends her morning hours at the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. At 82 years young, it’s a retirement project that means the world to her.

“I do anything that is asked of me,” said Burris.

Volunteering is personal for Flora in more ways than one. When she was raising her seven children, she often sought help at the food bank.

‘It was very hard,” said Burris. “Times were tough for me. I worked hard but it wasn’t enough.”

She knows firsthand how food insecurity feels.

“You don’t get as …