Batesville Food Pantry

06/20/2026

Our community shows up time and time again. This week two groups walked in with unexpected donations. Thank you Batesville Area Inclusion & Diversity and the Mayors Youth Council for sharing and caring!

06/10/2026

Attention Ice cream eaters! As we enter ice cream season, we wanted to remind you that we would be thrilled to receive empty, clean plastic gallon ice cream buckets with lids. These will help us in February when we host our second annual Souper Bowl Lunch on February 14.

Ice cream buckets can be left in the collection box in front of the Food Pantry at any time!

06/01/2026

Our “Fill the Cart, Help a Neighbor” campaign is set up at Amack's Well Community Coffee House in Batesville! ☕️

Please drop off any non-perishable food items🥫🥣or personal care items 🧻🪥🧴 in this cart to benefit the clients of the Batesville Food Pantry.

Let’s fill the cart Batesville!

05/31/2026

There are some free items at the Food Pantry for anyone to pick up that can use them:

Tomato and pepper plants are in front of the pantry. These are provided by Food and Growers Association.

Table is at the back of the pantry. Bring two strong people or an elephant to pick it up

05/25/2026

Graduation party leftovers? We would be happy to take unopened, packaged items - chips, buns, cookies, etc. Reach out for drop-off times this week.

05/06/2026

Hierarchy of plastic bags:
💕 Reusable tote bags
❤️ Kroger Click-list bags
👍 Kroger delivery bags
🫤 Regular plastic bags
🥸 Paper bags

No matter what you got, we’ll take them. We are desperately low on bags for our clients! Please leave them in our dropbox.

05/06/2026

Stop by the pantry this afternoon if you need help with SNAP or Medicaid applications.

Do you or someone you know need help with SNAP or Medicaid benefits? We will have a social worker at the Batesville Food Pantry on Wednesday, May 6 from noon - 4:00 pm to help with applications and recertify/renew your benefits.

This event is open to ANYONE who needs help...you do NOT need to be a food pantry client.

05/03/2026

The 34th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 9, 2026. As the nation’s largest one-day food drive, it asks residents to leave bags of non-perishable food next to their mailboxes for letter carriers to collect, benefiting local food pantries.

The effort is especially crucial in late spring, as food banks prepare for higher demand during summer when school lunch programs are not in session.

05/01/2026

Do you or someone you know need help with SNAP or Medicaid benefits? We will have a social worker at the Batesville Food Pantry on Wednesday, May 6 from noon - 4:00 pm to help with applications and recertify/renew your benefits.

This event is open to ANYONE who needs help...you do NOT need to be a food pantry client.

04/28/2026

We are open tomorrow (Tuesday, April 28) from 4:30 - 6:30 pm and this Wednesday from noon - 4:00 pm.

Thank you to BTD for providing volunteers for our Tuesday evening distribution this week and to Community Church of Batesville for providing volunteers on Wednesdays.