The Bear Essential Food Pantry Summer Hours will begin on Monday, May 4th. The hours will be 11 am – 4 pm Monday through Thursday.
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The Bear Essential Food Pantry Summer Hours will begin on Monday, May 4th. The hours will be 11 am – 4 pm Monday through Thursday.
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The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for UCA’s Spring Break from Monday, March 23 through Friday, March 27. We will reopen at 11 am on Monday, March 30.
Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break!
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The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19.
The Pantry is open Monday through Thursday from 11 am to 5 pm, except on holidays and BTÌìÌÃclosures. In the event of inclement weather, we follow the BTÌìÌÃclosure plans. 
The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be open Finals Week from 11 am – 4 pm. During UCA’s hybrid operations and Winter Break, the Pantry will be closed 12/15/25 – 1/9/26. Before the Spring Semester begins, the Food Pantry will undergo cleaning and restocking the week of 1/5 – 1/9/26.
We will reopen with Spring Semester hours of Monday thru Thursday 11 am – 5 pm on January 12, 2026.
The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday from November 26 through November 28. We will reopen at 11 am on Monday, December 1.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed for UCA’s Fall Break October 16th and 17th. The Pantry will reopen at 11 am on Monday, October 20th.
Here are our Fall semester open hours beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2025:
The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day. We will reopen at 11 am on Tuesday, September 2.
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The Bear Essentials Food Pantry will be closed from Monday, August 11 through Friday, August 15, to prepare for the Fall semester.
The Pantry will reopen on Monday, August 18, continuing its Summer Hours of 11 am – 4 pm Monday through Thursday. Fall Semester open hours will begin after the Labor Day Holiday on Tuesday, September 2.
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Physical Plant, Room 40, Southwest side parking lot for entrance
Any current BTÌìÌÃemployee or student may come to the Food Pantry for their household needs. Please bring your BTÌìÌÃID.
Spring Open Hours:
Monday through Thursday
11 am – 5 pm
Any current BTÌìÌÃemployee or student may come to the Food Pantry for their household needs. Please bring your BTÌìÌÃID.
Physical Plant, Room 40
Please enter the new location from the western parking lot entrance at the black canopied doorway labeled Food Pantry.
Phone: (501) 450-3416
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