News – Food Pantry

Pantry Closed for Thanksgiving

The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed from Wednesday, November 22 through Friday, November 24, for the Thanksgiving Holiday break. We will reopen on Monday, November 27.

Have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday!

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Posted in: News on November 13, 2023

Closed for Fall Break

The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for UCA’s Fall Break Thursday, October 19 and Friday, October 20.

Posted in: News on October 11, 2023

Pantry Fall Hours Announced

The Bear Essentials Food Pantry Fall Semester 2023 hours will be Monday through Thursday, 11 am – 5 pm. We will be closed on Fridays, and on UCA holidays and breaks.

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Posted in: News on September 5, 2023

Closed for Labor Day

The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed Monday, September 4th for the Labor Day holiday.

Posted in: News on August 29, 2023

Closed Memorial Day 5/29

The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed on Monday, May 29th, for observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

Posted in: News on May 23, 2023

HPaW-BEFP Food Drive Weight Results

A message from Jacob Christie, HPaW@Baridon Academic Director ~

After tallying the total weight from the food drive (thank you Will and your wonderful crew at the BEFP), we ended up collecting a grand total of 1,325 pounds (!!) for the HPaW Spring 2023 Bear Essentials Food Pantry Food Drive!

A big, big thank you to all that CHBS does for the UCA community, to Will Baker and the efforts of those at the BEFP, Marcus and Cort for your helping moving donations, and to Will, Laura, and Ronnie for helping keep our HPaW students informed about the effects of food insecurity. Pictures of the event are attached below. Look at the hard work of these CHBS students!

As it stands, the School of Nursing is the big winner for 2023! You will get your name etched into our Golden Bear Plaque for all to see and those delicious (no pun intended) bragging rights!

Many thanks to you all and go Bears!

-Jacob

Posted in: News on April 6, 2023

Homecoming Food Drive Winners!

Many thanks to all the participants for their donations! Special thanks goes out to Athletics for 4 consecutive wins! The winners by category are listed below:

Posted in: News on November 3, 2022

Homecoming Food Drive

Gather non-perishable items and deliver to the Bear Essentials Food Pantry to be weighed Thursday, October 27 between 11 am and 4 pm. Winners will be announced in the following categories: Recognized Student Organization, Non-Academic Office/Department, and Academic Office/Department.