Canopy NWA Recruiting Teams of Volunteers to Become Co-Sponsors CommunityDEIFayetteville

Canopy NWA Recruiting Teams of Volunteers to Become Co-Sponsors

A Co-Sponsor team is a group of 6-8 volunteers that play a vital role in helping newly arriving refugee households…

Aron SheltonJanuary 19, 2023

McMillon Studio Team Partners With NWA Food Bank to Tackle Food Insecurity EducationFood InsecurityTechnology

McMillon Studio Team Partners With NWA Food Bank to Tackle Food Insecurity

An interdisciplinary student team that developed a tool to improve logistics for the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank's mobile pantry was…

Aron SheltonJanuary 11, 2023

Doing Good: Samaritan Community Center Feeding Thousands of Kids Every Weekend Children and YouthFood InsecurityRogers

Doing Good: Samaritan Community Center Feeding Thousands of Kids Every Weekend

The Samaritan Community Center’s Snack Packs for Kids program feeds 5,000-6,000 kids every weekend when they cannot get food at…

Aron SheltonJanuary 10, 2023

Make a Career Out of Making a Difference: Join NW Arkansas’ Collective Effort to Address Housing Challenges CommunityHousing InsecurityNorthwest Arkansas

Make a Career Out of Making a Difference: Join NW Arkansas’ Collective Effort to Address Housing Challenges

These three organizations have at least two things in common: 1) A shared mission to generate more attainable and affordable…

Aron SheltonJanuary 6, 2023

Documentary to Share the Epic Journey of Tontitown Italians Arts & CultureCommunityEducationNorthwest Arkansas

Documentary to Share the Epic Journey of Tontitown Italians

The epic story of the Italian families who emigrated to NWA is the subject of Larry Foley's latest documentary, "Cries…

Aron SheltonDecember 8, 2022

Giving Tuesday: A List of 155 Organizations based in NW Arkansas Benton CountyCausesNorthwest ArkansasWashington County

Giving Tuesday: A List of 155 Organizations based in NW Arkansas

Discover and donate to nonprofits located throughout Northwest Arkansas via NWA Gives.

Aron SheltonNovember 29, 2022

New Beginnings Residents’ Winter Wish Lists FayettevilleHomelessnessHousing Insecurity

New Beginnings Residents’ Winter Wish Lists

New Beginnings is collecting winter items and Christmas presents for the Residents at New Beginnings!

Aron SheltonNovember 29, 2022

Plans to Build Neurodivergent Residential Community in Fayetteville (Audio) DEIFayetteville

Plans to Build Neurodivergent Residential Community in Fayetteville (Audio)

Supporting Lifelong Success, or SLS, will be the first nonprofit residential community for neurodivergent adults in Arkansas.

Aron SheltonNovember 17, 2022

Meet a Local Changemaker: Nate Walls, Founder of Second Helping CommunityFayettevilleFood Insecurity

Meet a Local Changemaker: Nate Walls, Founder of Second Helping

Do South Magazine featured a story on Nate Walls, owner of Secondhand Smoke, a Fayetteville-based BBQ caterer with a mission…

Aron SheltonNovember 7, 2022

5 Ways to Give Back in NWA – Axios NW Arkansas AnimalsEducationHomelessnessNorthwest ArkansasPoverty

5 Ways to Give Back in NWA – Axios NW Arkansas

The season of giving is almost upon us, so we found a few volunteer opportunities with local organizations that need…

Aron SheltonNovember 7, 2022

Docuseries Highlights NWA Refugees and Welcomers CommunityDEIFayettevilleNorthwest Arkansas

Docuseries Highlights NWA Refugees and Welcomers

The series is hosted by former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, and highlights…

Aron SheltonNovember 2, 2022

Horsepower for Veterans: Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Offers Unique Healing AnimalsBentonvilleCommunity

Horsepower for Veterans: Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Offers Unique Healing

Copps is known for working primarily with veterans and started working with an organization called Sheep Dog Impact Assistance. Sheep…

Aron SheltonOctober 29, 2022

Jennifer Surprises NW Arkansas Single Mom Who Survived Breast Cancer Children and YouthFayettevilleHealth & WellbeingNorthwest Arkansas

Jennifer Surprises NW Arkansas Single Mom Who Survived Breast Cancer

The Jennifer Hudson Show recently surprised Northwest Arkansas' very own Stacy Harper in recognition of her resilience and unwavering dedication…

Aron SheltonOctober 28, 2022

Alice L. Walton Foundation Grants $3.5M to NW Arkansas Food Bank Food InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

Alice L. Walton Foundation Grants $3.5M to NW Arkansas Food Bank

Of the total, $3 million was granted as a matching gift to support construction of the food bank's new distribution…

Aron SheltonOctober 13, 2022

Adopt-A-Classroom in Northwest Arkansas BentonvilleChildren and YouthEducationFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

Adopt-A-Classroom in Northwest Arkansas

Search by zip code to discover 30 local teachers in need of school supplies and resources. 100% of donations made…

Aron SheltonSeptember 13, 2022

Fassi’s Friends Brings Disabled and Full-bodied Kids Together to Learn Golf for Free 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

Seeking Volunteers for Pick Up Where You Play Cleanup Events Across NWA EnvironmentFayettevilleNorthwest Arkansas

Seeking Volunteers for Pick Up Where You Play Cleanup Events Across NWA

More than 500 volunteers joined last year’s cleanups, collecting more than 5 tons of litter from dozens of locations and…

Aron SheltonSeptember 6, 2022

Yvonne Richardson Community Center Launches Adopt-A-Kid Fundraising Campaign Children and YouthCommunityFayetteville

Yvonne Richardson Community Center Launches Adopt-A-Kid Fundraising Campaign

The funds raised will be allocated towards YRCC's endowment to help pay for effective programming for ages K-5 and 6-12th…

Aron SheltonSeptember 5, 2022

UAMS Receives $350k to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program 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

CACHE Awards $1.2M to Local, Music-focused Nonprofits Arts & CultureBentonvilleFayettevilleSpringdale

CACHE Awards $1.2M to Local, Music-focused Nonprofits

2022-23 MOAC recipients are the House of Songs, City Sessions, Black Fret, the Music Education Initiative, NWA Jazz Society, Music…

Aron SheltonAugust 26, 2022