Active LifestyleChildren and YouthDEIRogers Fassi’s Friends Brings Disabled and Full-bodied Kids Together to Learn Golf for Free Maria Fassi, a former golf star at the University of Arkansas and now an LPGA Tour professional launched a nonprofit…Aron SheltonSeptember 7, 2022
BentonvilleFayettevilleFood InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale UAMS Receives $350k to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program Created in 2012 to address food insecurity of low-income residents in Northwest Arkansas, the Double Your Dollars program provides recipients…Aron SheltonSeptember 2, 2022
DEIEducationRogers NWA Community College Gifted $430K to Grow Hispanic Enrollment NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) recently received a $432,883 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to grow its LIFE program,…Aron SheltonJuly 30, 2022
Benton CountyFood InsecurityRogers NWA Food Bank Receives $4M Grant from the Walmart Foundation The gift to the “Food For Today. Hope For Tomorrow” campaign is the largest in the food bank’s history.Aron SheltonJuly 10, 2022
CommunityFood InsecurityHealth & WellbeingNorthwest ArkansasRogers Samaritan Community Center Breaks Ground On New Facility and Farm The project will take 12 to 14 months and the organization has already raised over 75% of the project's $16.6…Aron SheltonMay 20, 2022
Arts & CultureBentonvilleFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale Artists 360 Offering $214k in Artist Grants "The Artists 360 program, which provides grants for local artists, will return for a fifth year when the application period…Aron SheltonApril 22, 2022
CommunityHealth & WellbeingPovertyRogers JD Notae’s Fundraising through NIL Deal Yields $45K for Samaritan Community Center The financial impact of University of Arkansas basketball player JD Notae’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal on a regional…Aron SheltonMarch 15, 2022
Benton CountyFood InsecurityPovertyRogersSpringdale Razorback Basketball Star Signs with Athlete Advocate Consortium (AAC) to Support Local Nonprofit Arkansas’ senior guard JD Notae has chosen to work with Samaritan Community Center, a Northwest Arkansas non-profit providing food and…Aron SheltonFebruary 2, 2022
Arts & CultureDEIFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogers 2022 Black History Month Events Roundup by Arkansas Soul Check out Arkansas Soul's roundup of virtual and in-person events happening in Northwest Arkansas and across the state in celebration…Aron SheltonFebruary 1, 2022
Active LifestyleCommunityDEIRogersSpringdale Chicago Transplant Launches Adaptive Sports Nonprofit in NWA Founded by Sean Kent, the Ozark Adaptive Sports Association is a local nonprofit organization striving to build an inclusive community…Aron SheltonDecember 21, 2021