Special Weekend Opening for Coworker Food Pantry
To help families prepare for back-to-school events, CHI St. Vincent will open up both Coworker Food Pantry locations for a special weekend event. The Infirmary and Hot Springs food pantries will open on Friday, Aug. 9, and Saturday, Aug. 10. from 12:30 until 3 p.m. on both days.
The Coworker Food Pantry regularly opens twice a week for all CHI St. Vincent coworkers and provides free and healthy food, along with home supplies, for anybody who needs it. Arkansas is ranked near the bottom for food insecurity in the United States, and that affects nearly everybody in the state.
Our food pantry works with the cafeteria to freeze and individually portion any leftover food from lunch and dinner service. We also work with Arkansas Foodbank to ensure fresh produce is available. And we receive donations from a number of area businesses to stock items like cereal, canned goods, and even cleaning supplies.
Here are the regular hours for both locations:
- Infirmary food pantry: Monday 12:30 – 3 p.m. and Thursday 9:30 a.m. – noon
- Hot Springs food pantry: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 – 4 p.m.