SBRC is a welcoming community hub that provides food, connection, and supportive and enriching programs for a resilient, thriving South Benton County.

South Benton Resource Center is: For Everyone! A Community Hub An Event Space A Food Pantry A cafe

SBRC is a welcoming community hub that provides food, connection, and supportive and enriching programs for a resilient, thriving South Benton County.

South Benton Resource Center

At the South Benton Resource Center, we believe a strong community is built around a shared table. We are a non-profit dedicated to supporting our neighbors  – from essential services to summer celebrations.

Our Mission includes:

  • The South Benton Food Pantry:  Providing fresh food, staples and necesities to our Monroe area neighbors.

  • Commercial Kitchen: Hosting monthly community lunch and breakfast

  • Kepi Nak-Nak Café: Located in the downstair Commons next to the kitchen, it’s a place to gather over a cup of coffee, have a meal, or just hang out.

  • Heritage Hall: A beautiful event space for your milestones, concerts (great acoustics) and meetings.

  • Vina Moses Room: An offshoot of Vina Moses for local access to essential clothing and household resources.

  • Blackberry Jamboree: our annual celebration, a delicious community get together held the last weekend in August.

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Thanks to our Volunteers

Join us in supporting the South Benton Resource Center! We’ve grown from a Food Pantry to a Resource Center with Community Meals, a Cafe, Concerts, our Blackberry Jamboree and many more activities

Whether you enjoy connecting with people, working behind the scenes, or lending a hand in the kitchen, we have a task for you. And you’ll have fun meeting people and you’ll be making a positive difference.

Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated! Signup HERE or email us at info@sbrcenter.org

including: Monsterosas, Spider Plants, Peperomia, Philodendron, Pothos, and Christmas Cactus

HOUSE PLANT SALE

During the March
Community Breakfast

Calling all Gardeners –

Before the houseplant sale, donate your cuttings and plants that are ready to be divided – we will repot for sale.

Drop them by the Center on Thursday or Friday, 8am-1pm. All proceeds go to the South Benton Food Pantry.

Welcome to the Kepi Nak-Nak Café

at the South Benton Resource Center

Welcome to the
Kepi Nak-Nak Café

at the South Benton Resource Center

All Proceeds from the Café
Support the South Benton Resource Center

Open Monday-Tuesday  Thursday-Friday

8AM – 1PM   648 Orchard Street, Monroe

All Proceeds from the Café
Support the South Benton Resource Center

Open Monday-Tuesday
Thursday-Friday
8AM – 1PM
648 Orchard Street, Monroe

above, volunteers at the Community Breakfast, first Saturday of the month – Join us, have fun, and support our services!

Thanks to our Great Volunteer Team

Join us in supporting the South Benton Resource Center! We’ve grown from a Food Pantry to a Resource Center with Community Meals, a Cafe, Concerts, our Blackberry Jamboree and many more activities

Whether you enjoy connecting with people, working behind the scenes, or lending a hand in the kitchen, we have a task for you. And you’ll have fun meeting people and you’ll be making a positive difference.

Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated for help with:
South Benton Food Pantry
Community Meals  – Kepi Nak Nak Cafe
Special Events – Fund Raising – Building Upkeep

above, monthly Song Circle in Heritage Hall, everyone welcome with an instrument or not

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Reminders for our monthly
Community Breakfast and Lunch,

Event Links, Café specials,
musical events,and meetings


Some of Our Recurring Events

Community Breakfasts & Lunches

Monthly Song Circle

Square Dancing

Musical Concerts

Wine Club

Games Night

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The Blackberry Jamboree is our annual celebration of summer. Join the South Benton Resource Center on the last Saturday in August for a day that’s “all things blackberry.”

Whether you come for the live music and local wine tasting, or just want to snag a snowcone from the Cub Scouts, there’s a seat at the table for everyone. From homemade jams to signature blackberry cocktails to potluck, it’s more than a festival; it’s how we say goodbye to summer, together.

Food Pantry’s Snack Program
Receives Grant

We are overwhelmed with gratitude to the Benton Community Foundation and an incredible anonymous donor for the $10,000 donation to support our Snack Pack Program!

This generous gift helps us continue providing nutritious, kid-friendly snacks to local children who may face food insecurity over the weekends and school breaks.

Every pack makes a difference—and this donation will fuel hundreds of them.

Food Pantry Snack Program 
Says Thank You!

To the Benton Community Foundation for their $10,000 Donation!

We are overwhelmed with gratitude to the Benton Community Foundation and an incredible anonymous donor for the $10,000 donation to support our Snack Pack Program!

This generous gift helps us continue providing nutritious, kid-friendly snacks to local children who may face food insecurity over the weekends and school breaks. Every pack makes a difference—and this donation will fuel hundreds of them.

Rent Heritage Hall
for your Special Events

Executive Director, Janeece Cook

Honored at Benton County Foundation

2024 Philanthropic Achievement Awards

The Benton Community Foundation’s Philanthropic Achievement Awards brings together nonprofit leaders, business leaders, and community members to recognize outstanding achievements in philanthropy in Benton County.

Benton County Foundation supports the collaboration of South Benton Food Pantry and local non-profits through training and networking.