The Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry recently hosted its Fifth Annual Pack the Pantry Homecoming food drive, and the results of the drive are finally in! The campus wide drive took place during Oct. 10-23, and more than 40 departments and organizations across campus participated.
35,856 items and $1,307.55 were raised during the drive, surpassing the past record by nearly 13,000 items. The Full Circle Food Pantry extends a huge “thank you” to everyone who donated during this drive and to the following groups for their participation:
Alpha Delta Pi- Alpha Gamma Rho
- Alpha Kappa Psi
- Amazon wish list donors
- Alpha Pi Mu
- Arkansas Alumni Association
- Arkansas Union
- Associated Student Government
- Athletics
- Baptist Collegiate Ministry
- Beta Alpha Psi
- Chi Omega
- Delta Delta Delta
- Delta Gamma
- Freshman Business Connections
- Freshman Engineering Program
- Honors College
- Hotz Hall
- Kappa Alpha Order
- Kappa Delta
- Kappa Kappa Gamma
Monetary donors- Mullins library
- Multicultural Center
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
- Phi Mu
- Pi Beta Phi
- Pi Kappa Alpha
- SAFE
- Sierra Student Coalition
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
- Sigma Nu
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
- Student Alumni Association
- Student Ambassadors
- Student Dietetic Association
- Student Nurses Association
- Student Occupational Therapy Assoc.
- Tau Beta Pi
- Transit and Parking
- University Housing
- Zeta Tau Alpha
Angela Oxford, director of the Center of Community Engagement, thanked the participants for their willingness to serve: “The really powerful part of this Homecoming drive was how so many registered student organizations, departments and Greek Life organizations came together and voluntarily chose to donate and serve our campus community.”
We genuinely could not do the work we do without your generous support!
The Food Pantry team has been celebrating 10 years of service all year, reflecting on their successes and moments of growth. Over the past few months, the team has been gathering recipes from community members to create Celebrate Together: The Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry 10th Birthday Cookbook, a cookbook for all ages and skill levels to celebrate the anniversary.
This cookbook is composed of over 80 recipes submitted by various friends of the pantry, former volunteers and leaders, donors and clients. It was designed by an incredible undergraduate digital design student, Suneeta Tandon. It even includes hand-drawn sketches for every recipe! For a limited time and while supplies last, those who give $25 or more to the Full Circle Food Pantry will receive a cookbook as a token of our appreciation. With Christmas and other winter holidays coming up, we are also preparing to put together our annual Winter Holiday Meal Kits for our clients.
Want a physical copy?
- Go to our online giving site to make your donation. A donation of $25 or more gets a physical copy of the cookbook and more than $50 will sponsor a holiday meal kit and also receive a cookbook.
- In the comment box at the bottom of the form please type “Cookbook” or “Holiday Basket Sponsor” so we know you’re looking to get a cookbook. A member of our team will reach out to you via email within one to two weeks to confirm shipping.
We have a fully accessible digital version available for free.
If you would like to learn more about the pantry’s services please email pantry@uark.edu or check out the Pantry’s Linktree. Stay tuned for more drives throughout the year or send fcdrives@uark.edu an email to coordinate a drive!