Back To School Bash

Berryville school students/parents looking for school supplies may want to attend the Bright Futures Back to School Bash on August 1 from 3-6 pm at the Bobcat gym. FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES will be given out as well as free haircuts, screenings, and much more. For more information go to: brightfuturesberryville on Facebook or read about it in this midweek’s Carroll County Newspaper

Back To School Backpacks Are Here!

Our Backpacks are in. Come to Loaves & Fishes on Monday, Wednesday or Friday, between 10 am – 2 pm. Tuesday’s between 4 – 6 pm. Children in Carroll County schools grades K – 12th. If you are signed up with our program, you are eligible to receive a backpack for every school age child in your household. While supplies last.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Your Pre-Schooler can get one book a month, that will be mailed directly to them, until the age of 5. To find out how to register for this program, follow the directions below: There is no cost to register, a free program:

Do you live in the zip codes 72631, 72632, 72616? Do you have pre-schoolers in your household? If so, be sure to sign up with the Holiday Island Rotary Foundation by printing this form and mailing it to: P.O. Box 3204 – Holiday Island, Ar 72631 2. Or come visit Loaves & Fishes in Berryville to pick up the form.

2019 Spring Update

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Holiday Baskets

Holiday Baskets will arrive on Friday, November 23rd and will be distributed along with food bank foods, until December 21st. The days of the week the food bank is open, is Mondays, Wednesdays & Friday’s 10 am – 2 pm. Tuesday’s 4 pm – 6 pm. The holidays are a time of giving. If your heart is looking to give this holiday season, our Donation Button can be found to your right. We thank you in advance for your generosity this 2018 season.

September News!

You may download, read, or even print yourself a copy of our newsletter.  Read food bank stories, get the latest statistics, learn how important your support is to our community!
August 2018 Newsletter

BACKPACKS FOR SCHOOL!

These students received new backpacks filled with school supplies and their parents received their food allotments today.  Project Self-Esteem, another Carroll County nonprofit, raises over $9,000 each year to provide school children living in our client families with brand new school supplies.  Whether it is your time for food distribution or not, you may come in to pick up backpacks for your school aged children.

To be eligible, 1) the household must have been served this year by Loaves & Fishes;  2) the child must be in grades k-12 and appear on the household card; 3) a member of the household may pick up bags only for their household.    

Good and Cheap!

The “Country Chicks” home extension club purchased copies of these cook books for our clients.  The books feature eating healthy as well as eating inexpensively.  The club also gave a food demonstration.  Thank you, Ladies!

$7,676.55 from Arkansas Gives!

The money is in the bank and ready to purchase food!  Loaves & Fishes participated in Arkansas Gives: Share the Love event and ended the day showing with a great total.  We had 38 different givers and qualified for about $500 in prize money included in our final total.  Thank you to everyone who gave,  and thank you to everyone who shared the event by e-mail or on Twitter or Facebook.  These funds will purchase many pounds of food for us to distribute to our hungry families in Carroll County.   In the month of April 2017 we served 1,465 hungry folks 21,421 pounds of food.

THANK YOU!

Eight years ago the food bank received 2.5 acres donated by Mrs. Mary Trimble.  On Feb. 10 Mrs. Trimble gave the additional 7.5 acres that adjoin the first tract of land.