Go Forward Pine Bluff (GFPB) will host a cookout on Monday, October 29, 2018 to celebrate the center receiving a $25,000 State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program grant.

This cookout will take place at the Merrill Center from 4:00 to 6:00pm.

The grant will be used for kitchen renovations at the center, according to a press release from Go Forward Pine Bluff.

Ryan Watley, GFPB chief executive officer, will be doing the cooking for the event.  A representative of State Farm will be there to present the check, according to the release.

“Our many thanks to you, your friends, family and co-workers for voting,” the press release said.  “Just another way Pine Bluff supports Pine Bluff!”