How to Volunteer in NW Arkansas this Holiday Season BentonvilleFayettevilleFood InsecurityHealth & WellbeingHomelessnessRogersSpringdale

How to Volunteer in NW Arkansas this Holiday Season

Here are 10 options for putting gratitude into action this holiday season from Axios NW Arkansas.

Aron SheltonNovember 9, 2026

Chamber of Mothers Starts Northwest Arkansas Chapter Children and YouthHealth & Wellbeing

Chamber of Mothers Starts Northwest Arkansas Chapter

A nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to advancing maternal health, affordable childcare, and paid leave has expanded into Arkansas by launching chapters…

Aron SheltonOctober 1, 2026

Attainable Housing Project for Teachers Opens in Bentonville BentonvilleCommunityHousing Insecurity

Attainable Housing Project for Teachers Opens in Bentonville

A development intended to offer affordable housing to Bentonville School District employees and others making under a certain income is…

Aron SheltonSeptember 29, 2026

Arkansas Community Foundation Launches $10M Fund to Combat Food Insecurity Food InsecurityNorthwest Arkansas

Arkansas Community Foundation Launches $10M Fund to Combat Food Insecurity

The Arkansas Full Table Fund will be a statewide effort designed to invest in sustainable solutions to forever combat food…

Aron SheltonSeptember 26, 2026

Local Nonprofit Wins $50K from NASA for Mars to Table Challenge BentonvilleNorthwest ArkansasTechnology

Local Nonprofit Wins $50K from NASA for Mars to Table Challenge

NASA recognized Bentonville-based AEGIS Mars with the $50,000 Human-Centered Design Award in the 2026 Mars to Table Challenge. NASA reported…

Aron SheltonSeptember 24, 2026

Conservation Nonprofits Build a Career Pipeline in Northwest Arkansas CommunityEnvironmentJobsSpringdale

Conservation Nonprofits Build a Career Pipeline in Northwest Arkansas

The Watershed Conservation Resource Center, with help from the Illinois River Watershed Partnership, is leading a workforce development program to…

Aron SheltonSeptember 2, 2026

Meet the 2026 NWA Weaver Awardees BentonvilleCommunityFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

Meet the 2026 NWA Weaver Awardees

Some people weave us together. They are the folks most people know and trust, those we count on to get…

Aron SheltonSeptember 1, 2026

New Placemaking Grants to Create Places of Belonging in NW Arkansas Benton CountyBentonvilleCommunityFayettevilleRogersSpringdaleWashington County

New Placemaking Grants to Create Places of Belonging in NW Arkansas

The $3.15M support from the Walton Family Foundation will invest directly in eight public space transformation projects through Community Placemaking…

Aron SheltonJuly 13, 2026

Calling All Local Artists! Applications Open for $130K in Microgrants Arts & CultureBenton CountyBentonvilleFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdaleWashington County

Calling All Local Artists! Applications Open for $130K in Microgrants

Artists in Benton or Washington counties can apply for $1,000 support, and arts nonprofits and fiscally sponsored groups can apply…

Aron SheltonJune 18, 2026

Tyson Family Foundation to Give $500K for NWA Pride Weekend CommunityDEIFayetteville

Tyson Family Foundation to Give $500K for NWA Pride Weekend

Northwest Arkansas Equality Inc. in Fayetteville will receive $500,000 from the Tyson Family Foundation to be a presenting sponsor of…

Aron SheltonJune 17, 2026

StoryCorps Features Story from a Local Changemaker in Fayetteville CommunityFayettevilleFood Insecurity

StoryCorps Features Story from a Local Changemaker in Fayetteville

When Nate Walls’ barbeque catering company closed during the Covid pandemic, he took the remaining money in his bank account…

Aron SheltonApril 17, 2026

Need Food Assistance? Check Out Resources Offered by NWA Food Bank Food InsecurityNorthwest Arkansas

Need Food Assistance? Check Out Resources Offered by NWA Food Bank

The Find Food Map, Mobile Pantry, Feed Rogers, and Order Ahead resources provide food-insecure community members with a variety of…

Aron SheltonApril 17, 2026

Jones Center and Walmart to Create a Regional Volunteer Center CommunityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

Jones Center and Walmart to Create a Regional Volunteer Center

The Jones Center for Families in Springdale received a $1.2 million grant from Walmart and its foundation to establish the…

Aron SheltonApril 17, 2026

Explore Open Garden Hours at Apple Seeds Teaching Farm CommunityFayettevilleFood InsecurityHealth & Wellbeing

Explore Open Garden Hours at Apple Seeds Teaching Farm

Join Apple Seeds during our Open Garden Hours, held every Saturday from 9AM to 12Noon, spanning from March through October.

Aron SheltonMarch 6, 2026

UA Partners Install Community Food Pantry in Fayetteville FayettevilleFood Insecurity

UA Partners Install Community Food Pantry in Fayetteville

The outdoor pantry will be accessible 24 hours a day. UA Partners said the pantry operates under the principle, “take…

Aron SheltonFebruary 18, 2026

Youth Advisory Council Curates List of Volunteer Opportunities Across NWA Children and YouthCommunityFayettevilleNorthwest Arkansas

Youth Advisory Council Curates List of Volunteer Opportunities Across NWA

This is a curated list of volunteer opportunities across Northwest Arkansas, organized by interest.

Aron SheltonFebruary 16, 2026

Children’s Shelter Rebrands and Expands Services BentonvilleChildren and YouthNorthwest Arkansas

Children’s Shelter Rebrands and Expands Services

The organization formerly called the Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter is ramping up services to support children in foster care or…

Aron SheltonFebruary 10, 2026

Weaving NWA Seeks Hosts for Coffee & Conversations Benton CountyBentonvilleCommunityFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdaleWashington County

Weaving NWA Seeks Hosts for Coffee & Conversations

Coffee & Conversations is a program that supports neighbors and communities to create spaces where bonds of trust can be…

Aron SheltonFebruary 3, 2026

Resident Aims to Open City’s First Free Thrift store Arts & CultureCommunityFayetteville

Resident Aims to Open City’s First Free Thrift store

The women-led organization hopes to bring a completely free thrift store to the city. Holt says the idea was inspired…

Aron SheltonFebruary 3, 2026

Free Community Meal Service Expands to Fayetteville CommunityFayettevilleFood InsecurityWashington County

Free Community Meal Service Expands to Fayetteville

For The Love recently held its first Fayetteville “Neighbor Night,” serving about 200 people at a pop-up event.

Aron SheltonJanuary 16, 2026