Hours

Monday: 11:00am to 3:00pm

Wednesday: 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Thursday: 10:00am to 2:00pm

Contact Us

Phone: 479-575-4365

Email: pantry@uark.edu

Website: fullcircle.uark.edu

Location: 324 Stadium Drive, WAHR C204, Bud Walton Hall, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

 

What We Do

The Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry was established by the Volunteer Action Center in February 2011 as a student-led emergency food assistance program. The Full Circle Food Pantry strives to serve our clients with well balanced meals through non-perishables and fresh produce from our own garden. At Full Circle, we are dedicated to nourishing bodies, empowering minds, and creating a community built on compassion.

Who We Serve

We see food insecurity as a wide spectrum. We’re here to serve any student, staff or faculty member, and temporary and hourly employees who have affiliation with the University of Arkansas or University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). We welcome local folks, out-of-state folks, international folks, non-residents, residents, anyone! We strongly value client confidentiality, so we never share private information about our clients who receive assistance from the Pantry. Clients will never need to show proof of need, just a University of Arkansas or UAMS ID.

Who We Are

       Click here to meet the pantry board!!

Additional Services

Mobile Pantry

The Full Circle Food Pantry offers express services twice a week. Express services will deliver orders to select locations in order to make it easier for clients to access pantry resources and support. We also provide mini-pantries across campus that can be accessed by any University of Arkansas or UAMS community member. The mini-pantries provide limited convenient food options.

Cooking Matters

The Full Circle Food Pantry hosts Cooking Matters courses throughout each semester. This program helps students, faculty, staff, and their families develop kitchen skills and better understand how to use ingredients, make healthy, afforable choices and create more sustainable solutions to hunger. Registration for classes will open on our HogSync page early each semester.

Donations

If your organization is interested in hosting a food drive to benefit the Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry, please fill out the food drive request form. Once you have filled out the questionnaire, our Food Drive Coordinator will contact you to follow up with more information. Thank you for your continued support!

Want to get involved?

The Full Circle Food Pantry is operated by a board of nine student coordinators who manage weekly volunteers. Everything we do is made possible by student volunteers who commit to serving one-and-a-half to two-hour shifts weekly for a semester. Volunteers greet clients, fill orders, stock donations, etc. Volunteer applications are available during the first week of each semester on our HogSync page.

Opportunities with the Full Circle Food Pantry include:

  • Data Volunteers
  • Donation Volunteers
  • Full Circle Express Volunteers
  • Front Desk Volunteers
  • Garden Volunteers
  • General Pantry Volunteers
  • Full Circle Express Volunteers