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New Food Pantry to Open in Fort Smith

J. Froelich
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Project manager, Ken Kupchick, stands with Antioch Youth & Family founder and director Charolette Tidwell, outside the nonprofit’s new community pantry.";

Antioch Youth and Family has fed the poor in Fort Smith for two decades. To accommodate a growing need in the community, the nonprofit is opening a new food pantry, which will feature a food court and a culinary kitchen, where families can learn how to prepare healthy, low-cost meals.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.