FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) installed Community Food Lockers at St. James Missionary Baptist Church with a ribbon cutting on Aug. 16.
The new lockers will allow food pantry clients to pick up their food orders at a more convenient time.
The temperature-controlled, food-safe devices that store fresh, shelf-stable and frozen foods. The St. James Food Pantry already offers a free drive-thru pantry and DoorDash deliveries.
The food lockers are the result of a group effort between the church and the university's Northwest Arkansas Food Insecurity Community of Practice, which was established in 2020 to improve access to healthy food.
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