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Arkansas. The Foodbank's central location is a 73,000 sq ft (6,800 m) warehouse in Little Rock, called the Donald W. Reynolds Distribution Center. They also operate two other branches in Caddo Valley and Warren, Arkansas.
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Feeding — More than 2,300 children at 23 sites received after-school snacks in 2013. Thanks to a partnership with Midwest Dairy Council, children at five after-school sites received hot meals three days a week, in addition to the snack. In 2014, the Foodbank provided breakfast
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Outreach — The Foodbank's 300 members are the local partners, and together they distribute food to people who are hungry in central and south Arkansas. Community Outreach is designed to increase the capacity of the Foodbank's local partners and to nurture new partners in under served
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Foodbank provides hunger-relief services to 300 member agencies. Many of them our either food pantries, soup kitchens or shelters. The Foodbank also provides assistance through the following programs:
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