Meet a Local Nonprofit: INTERFORM – Merging Arkansas Arts & Fashion Forum and NWA Fashion Week Arts & CultureDEISpringdale

Meet a Local Nonprofit: INTERFORM – Merging Arkansas Arts & Fashion Forum and NWA Fashion Week

As of February 1st, 2021 Arkansas Arts & Fashion Forum (AAFF) and Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week (NWAFW) will merge into…

Aron SheltonJanuary 31, 2021

Racial Justice Essay Contest Open to Washington County Students Children and YouthEducationFayettevilleSpringdale

Racial Justice Essay Contest Open to Washington County Students

At least $5,000 in scholarships will be awarded to winning high school participants.

Aron SheltonJanuary 29, 2021

Local chef offers new way to feed Fayetteville with ‘Friendly Fridge’ at St. Paul’s CommunityFayettevilleFood Insecurity

Local chef offers new way to feed Fayetteville with ‘Friendly Fridge’ at St. Paul’s

Refrigerated items from the grocery store like meats, milk, eggs, cheese, vegetables, and other items are welcome in the fridge,…

Aron SheltonJanuary 29, 2021

CACHE Awards $250,000 to 22 Local Nonprofits Arts & CultureNorthwest Arkansas

CACHE Awards $250,000 to 22 Local Nonprofits

Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE) at the Northwest Arkansas Council awarded an additional $250,000 in grants to 22…

Aron SheltonJanuary 28, 2021

Honoring the Leadership Pledge in 2021 CommunityDEINorthwest Arkansas

Honoring the Leadership Pledge in 2021

EngageNWA recently followed up with three businesses to learn more about their plans to uphold the Leadership Pledge to address…

Aron SheltonJanuary 26, 2021

Crystal Bridges Spent 2020 Expanding Accessing and Addressing Community Needs Arts & CultureBentonvilleCommunityNorthwest Arkansas

Crystal Bridges Spent 2020 Expanding Accessing and Addressing Community Needs

Shortly after the closures, Crystal Bridges and the Momentary partnered with 100 different organizations and schools to identify community needs.…

Aron SheltonJanuary 15, 2021

MLK Day 2021 in NWA Children and YouthCommunityFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

MLK Day 2021 in NWA

Here is a quick list of regional commemorations, virtual celebrations, service projects and family-friendly events. MLK Food Drive and Community…

Aron SheltonJanuary 14, 2021

NW Arkansas: Home to the Most Generous County in the Nation BentonvilleCausesChildren and YouthCommunityFayettevilleFood InsecurityHomelessnessNorthwest ArkansasRogers

NW Arkansas: Home to the Most Generous County in the Nation

Talk Business and Politics recently published an article entitled "Benton County ranked as most generous U.S. county" based on a…

Aron SheltonJanuary 7, 2021

Help Deliver a Little Christmas Joy to a Child Near You Children and YouthFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

Help Deliver a Little Christmas Joy to a Child Near You

With Christmas just a few weeks away, we wanted to call attention to a few of Santa's helpers in our…

Aron SheltonDecember 15, 2020

Northwest Arkansas Sticks Together AnimalsBentonvilleFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

Northwest Arkansas Sticks Together

It's true, and this extends to our four-legged friends throughout the region. Northwest Arkansas is home to an array of…

Aron SheltonNovember 10, 2020

NW Arkansas Should Be Ranked One of Most Generous Places to Live in the U.S. Arts & CultureBentonvilleCommunityEnvironmentFayettevilleHomelessnessNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

NW Arkansas Should Be Ranked One of Most Generous Places to Live in the U.S.

Recently, the NW Arkansas metro area was named one of the top 10 places to live in America by US…

Aron SheltonOctober 15, 2020

Local Projects Focus on African American Heritage and History Arts & CultureEducationNorthwest Arkansas

Local Projects Focus on African American Heritage and History

We invite you to discover, engage and follow the Northwest Arkansas African American Heritage Association, Washington County Community Remembrance Project,…

Aron SheltonSeptember 9, 2020

Connecting the Community Through Music and Food CommunityFayettevilleFood Insecurity

Connecting the Community Through Music and Food

In May, Fayetteville Roots announced that due to COVID-19, the 11th annual Fayetteville Roots Festival would be postponed to 2021—but…

Aron SheltonAugust 24, 2020

Fayetteville Invites You to Get Civically Active! CommunityFayetteville

Fayetteville Invites You to Get Civically Active!

The City of Fayetteville currently has nine vacancies on boards and committees and six online surveys/questionnaires soliciting resident feedback on…

Aron SheltonAugust 13, 2020

UAMS Hiring Multiple Positions to Combat the Spread of COVID-19 CommunityFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

UAMS Hiring Multiple Positions to Combat the Spread of COVID-19

As part of the Northwest Arkansas COVID-19 Comprehensive Response Plan, UAMS is hiring multiple positions to support COVID-19 contact tracing…

Aron SheltonAugust 10, 2020

Cool Job Alert: Help Local Food Relief Efforts and Earn $15/hour CommunityFood InsecurityNorthwest Arkansas

Cool Job Alert: Help Local Food Relief Efforts and Earn $15/hour

Early this year, the Northwest Arkansas Council and Pure Charity announced a partnership with Get Shift Done to launch Get…

Aron SheltonAugust 3, 2020

Bentonville Together: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community Task Force BentonvilleCommunity

Bentonville Together: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community Task Force

The City of Bentonville is now accepting applications for residents to serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community…

Aron SheltonJuly 30, 2020

Impacting NW Arkansas One Serving at a Time FayettevilleFood InsecurityNorthwest Arkansas

Impacting NW Arkansas One Serving at a Time

Meet Nate Walls & Daymara Baker For the past 16 weeks, the owner of Secondhand Smoke BBQ and food activist,…

Aron SheltonJuly 15, 2020

5 Ways to Support Our Marshallese Community Impacted by COVID-19 CommunityNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

5 Ways to Support Our Marshallese Community Impacted by COVID-19

As you may have read, Marshallese families in NW Arkansas are being disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. While they…

Aron SheltonJuly 3, 2020

Was It A Calling? The Serendipity of Rockin’ Baker Arts & CultureFayettevilleFood Insecurity

Was It A Calling? The Serendipity of Rockin’ Baker

Guest post by Daymara Blanco Baker, CEO/Founder of Rockin' Baker When asked how I came up with the idea for…

Aron SheltonMay 4, 2020