The Bread of Life Mobile Food Pantry is a joint project of Harrisburg FUMC’s food pantry ministry and the Arkansas State University Wesley Foundation. This food pantry on wheels is sponsored by a grant from the United Methodist Foundation of Arkansas and by the Northeast District of the United Methodist Church.
The Mobile Pantry delivers to 5 campuses in Northeast Arkansas. ASU- Marked Tree, ASU-Newport, ASUN-Jonesboro, and Black River Technical College in Pocahontas and Paragould.
Recently, volunteers from the First United Methodist Church of Pocahontas joined The Bread of Life Mobile Food Pantry to help serve a total of 115 students from both locations of BRTC.
The Bread of Life Mobile Food Pantry will return to BRTC campuses March 1 and April 5, 9:30-11:30 at Pocahontas, 1-3 at Paragould. Student IDs must be presented at time of service. For more information, or to volunteer contact Mylea White, Retention and Completion Specialist at 870-248-4000 ext. 4179 or at mylea.white@blackrivertech.edu