DONATE FOOD TO A LOCAL MINISTRY OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF YOUR CHOICE

Steps for Food Collections:

1. Identify a local feeding ministry.
   • Consider supporting food pantries, school backpack programs, a blessing box/Little Free Pantry, or community meals.
   • The ministries or programs can be your church’s ministry, another UMC or other faith denomination’s ministry, or a community or school-based program.
   • Here is a PDF of feeding ministries that churches can search through.
2. Contact the ministry/program leaders; tell them your church would like to collect food items for them, and ASK which items they are most in need of.
3. Share this list with your congregations, asking for donations by October 30.
4. Calculate the # of pounds of food collected to report on the Ingathering Report Form
5. Deliver donations to the food ministry at a convenient time for both of you.
6. Don’t forget to take lots of pictures to share with your congregation and on Facebook!

List of Food collection hubs for Central District

DONATE FINANCIAL GIFTS TO ARKANSAS DISASTER RESPONSE AND 200,000 MORE REASONS

Churches and individuals can donate to help our Conference respond to disasters in our state and provide support for feeding ministries (weekend backpack programs, summer meals, food pantries, snacks and meals for literacy ministries and more).

• Individuals can donate online here
• Churches can send a check of collected funds along with their Ingathering Report Form

REPORT YOUR SUCCESS!

Churches should submit a report of their collections and volunteers participating. To see which district has met their goals, make sure to report by November 12.

• Click here to report online
• Click here to download a PDF paper form and check submission
• Click here to download a Word document paper form and check submission

Please note that churches will be able to print a record of their online report and send a copy with a check to the Conference Treasurer. By submitting a paper check (vs credit card payment), your donations will show in the church’s monthly Tithe Report. Your payment will include any financial gifts plus monies collected for kits. Make sure to send a copy of your form and the check to the address on the form.

Saturday, November 12 | 10 am-12 pm
Arkansas Food Bank | 4301 W 65th St, Little Rock, AR 72209

Register Here

Online registration closes midnight Wednesday, November 9th

Schedule

• In-person registration will open at 9:30 a.m.
• Worship for everyone at 10 a.m.
• Volunteer from 10:15 am-12noon

There’s only space for 100 volunteers so any churches who haven’t registered prior to the event will need to contact Mary Lewis Dassinger (mdassinger@arumc.org).

All Disaster Relief Supplies must be delivered ONLY
between 9:30 am and 11:30 am on Saturday, November 12 at the Arkansas Foodbank.

Special Notes:

• Supplies cannot be dropped before or after this timeframe.
• Visit your district’s Ingathering webpage by clicking on the “District Information” tab on this webpage for more information about plans for collection.
• Central and Southeast Districts will drop off any disaster relief supplies at the Arkansas Food Bank in Little Rock on Saturday, November 12 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Food Pantries Must Register to Take Food Back

Boxes of food will be set aside for only those ministries that registered online.

Special Notes:

• Fresh produce supplies have been limited and hard to find for the Arkansas Foodbank. Every effort is being made to secure some, but we cannot guarantee at this time there will be some available to food pantries.
• Any food kits we may pack for the Arkansas Foodbank cannot be available since they are for specific programs of the Arkansas Foodbank.

Signed Volunteer Liability Waivers are Required
Youth | Adult

Special Notes:

• All youth must have a form signed by their legal guardian or parent (not their group leader) as required by the Arkansas Foodbank.
• Remember if you are bringing a youth group from a local church there needs to be 2 adults for every 10 youth to comply with the ARUMC Safe Gatherings policy. You must bring 2 adults even if your group is less than 10 people.
• Arkansas Foodbank guidelines require that all children be age 8 or older.

Download printable flyers and promotional materials

Northeast District

Location of hubs (please contact churches for drop-off dates and times):

• Mountain Home First UMC (605 W 6th St, Mountain Home, AR)
  • Counties: Baxter, Izard, Fulton, Stone
• Clinton First UMC (167 Joe Bowling Rd, Clinton, AR)
  • Counties: Van Buren, Cleburn
• Beebe First UMC (302 N Main St, Beebe, AR)
  • Counties: White, Woodruff
• Newport First UMC (217 Laurel St, Newport, AR)
  • Counties: Independence, Sharp, Jackson
• Paragould First UMC (404 W Main St, Paragould, AR)
  • Counties: Green, Clay, Randolph, Lawrence
• Cornerstone UMC (1910 Disciple Dr, Jonesboro, AR)
  • Counties: Mississippi, Craighead, Poinsett

• 25,000 lbs of Food for local food banks
• 2,500 items for Kits

Northwest District

Location of hubs:

• First UMC Fort Smith (200 North 15th Street Fort Smith, AR)
  • Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (closed from 12:30-1:30 for lunch)
• Central United Methodist Rogers (2535 W New Hope Rd, Rogers, AR)
  • Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
• Central United Methodist Fayetteville – Wesley Building Room 105 (6 W Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR)
  • Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday morning 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
• Russellville First UMC (304 S Commerce Ave, Russellville, AR)
  • Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Goals for your district: We are encouraging each church to give ONE more or donate ONE more than you did last year!

Central and Southeast Districts

Central and Southeast Districts will drop off any disaster relief supplies at the Arkansas Food Bank in Little Rock on Saturday, November 12 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

List of Food collection hubs for Central District