Food Bank of North Central Arkansas to provide Mobile Food Pantry at Newton County Fairgrounds

The Food Bank of North Central Arkansas has announced a monthly Mobile Food Pantry Distribution to Newton County. The Food Bank’s mobile food pantry will be held Monday, Oct. 31. The Mobile Pantry will be at Jasper School in the car loading parking lot between 11 am and 2 pm and open to all Newton County residents
in need of food assistance. Individuals are asked to bring a state issued ID or a current utility bill with their name and address.
Food Bank CEO, Jeff Quick shared that food will be available to individuals in need through then USDA Temporary Food Assistance Program (commonly referred to as commodities), the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (commonly referred to as the Sr. Food Box Program), through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families’ Summer Food Box Program, and through the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Box program. The first three of these programs have age and income guidelines that are associated with participation in the program, the Food Bank’s Emergency Food Box program does not require an age or income guideline to qualify.

For more information about the Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry in Newton County, please contact the Food Bank of North Central Arkansas at 870-499-7565 or visit their social media page at www.facebook.com/hungertohope About Food Bank of NCA
The Food Bank of North Central Arkansas, founded in 1982, is a private, non-profit 501(c)3 charitable food relief organization. FBNCA is a founding member of the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance and distributes approximately four million pounds of food and other grocery products annually to independent community food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, back pack programs, summer and after school meal programs and other special programs — touching the lives of an estimated 38,000 individuals each year throughout its nine-county service area.