The Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas

Core Food distribution program - The organization serves as a distribution center for more than 100 local partner agencies such as Food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, special care facilities, and senior citizen centers in 12 counties throughout Northeast Arkansas.

Backpack programs/senior feeding programs - The backpack program provides backpacks filled with Food to more than 1100 children each week during The school year. The backpacks are filled with enough Food for The weekend and are given to each child on The last day of The school week. This program serves children in 18 schools in 9 different school districts of Northeast Arkansas. The senior feeding program supplies eligible senior citizens with a box of Food every other week. The Food is either picked up by The senior citizen or delivered by a volunteer.

Commodity distribution program - The organization conducts 4 to 5 commodity Food distributions annually at 20 different sites in 11 counties. Staff and volunteers set up one-day Food pantries at advertised locations throughout The year. Eligible families and individuals are given Food free of charge. Eligibility is based on The number of people in The household and The household's combined monthly income.