Stacy Harper: Activist Wants To Create Community Connections – NWADG Children and YouthCommunityDEIFayettevilleNorthwest Arkansas

Stacy Harper: Activist Wants To Create Community Connections – NWADG

Meet the local changemaker, Stacy Harper, and learn about her nonprofit Lighthouse Solutions in this profile by the Northwest Arkansas…

Aron SheltonJanuary 10, 2022

Meet a Local Nonprofit: Big Paws Finds New Fur-ever Home AnimalsFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasWashington County

Meet a Local Nonprofit: Big Paws Finds New Fur-ever Home

Big Paws of the Ozarks' mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome dogs in our Northwest Arkansas community.

Aron SheltonJanuary 2, 2022

New Beginnings Providing Path Out of Homelessness FayettevilleHomelessnessHousing Insecurity

New Beginnings Providing Path Out of Homelessness

Residents at New Beginnings traveled from chronic homelessness to living in a gated community. The community of 20 prefabricated homes…

Aron SheltonDecember 28, 2021

Chicago Transplant Launches Adaptive Sports Nonprofit in NWA 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

Lifestyle Rx – New NWA program aims for healthier families EducationHealth & WellbeingSpringdale

Lifestyle Rx – New NWA program aims for healthier families

Community Clinic and the American Heart Association are launching a new program called Lifestyle Rx intended to help families live…

Aron SheltonDecember 18, 2021

Pedal It Forward – Everyone Should Have A Bike! Active LifestyleDEINorthwest ArkansasRogers

Pedal It Forward – Everyone Should Have A Bike!

In Northwest Arkansas, employees at J.B. Hunt and Walmart are volunteering to fix up bikes for community members in need.

Aron SheltonDecember 10, 2021

Ozark Regional Transit Receives Nearly $1M from Walton Family Foundation CommunityNorthwest Arkansas

Ozark Regional Transit Receives Nearly $1M from Walton Family Foundation

The Springdale-based transit provider Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) will use a nearly $1 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation…

Aron SheltonNovember 19, 2021

$2.1 Million Grant to Promote DEI Practices With Local Nonprofits Benton CountyDEINorthwest ArkansasWashington County

$2.1 Million Grant to Promote DEI Practices With Local Nonprofits

The IDEALS Institute at the U of A has received a $2,185,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation and Walton Family…

Aron SheltonNovember 19, 2021

NWA Volunteers Pick Up 6 Tons of Trash and Recyclables EnvironmentFayettevilleNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

NWA Volunteers Pick Up 6 Tons of Trash and Recyclables

Pick Up Where You Play 2021 has come to a close with 11,520 pounds of litter removed from Northwest Arkansas’…

Aron SheltonNovember 19, 2021

New Places and Faces Tackling Poverty and Homelessness FayettevilleHomelessnessHousing InsecurityPoverty

New Places and Faces Tackling Poverty and Homelessness

We don't become neighbors by living close, we become neighbors by showing up. Meet some of the places and faces…

Aron SheltonOctober 7, 2021

Cool Jobs Alert: Land Use, Conservation and Preservation Benton CountyCommunityEducationEnvironmentFayettevilleJobsRogersWashington County

Cool Jobs Alert: Land Use, Conservation and Preservation

Open Roles Director of Programs at the Urban Land Insitute of Northwest Arkansas Program Manager for Youth Education and Water…

Aron SheltonJuly 16, 2021

3 Summer Grant Opportunities for Nonprofits Serving NW Arkansas BentonvilleCommunityDEIFayettevilleFood InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasRogersSpringdale

3 Summer Grant Opportunities for Nonprofits Serving NW Arkansas

Here are a few grant opportunities that your nonprofit might be eligible for. Better Together First Horizon Foundation, the private…

Aron SheltonJune 16, 2021

$1 Million Dollars and 1 Million Meals to Support Our Region’s Most Vulnerable Food InsecurityHomelessnessHousing InsecurityNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

$1 Million Dollars and 1 Million Meals to Support Our Region’s Most Vulnerable

Some Good News. $1 Million Dollar Donation for Homeless Housing Program New Beginnings, a bridge housing community designed for the…

Aron SheltonMay 6, 2021

Ride On, NW Arkansas! Inspiration, Education and Maybe a Little Perspiration Active LifestyleBentonvilleCausesCommunityFayettevilleHealth & WellbeingNorthwest ArkansasSpringdale

Ride On, NW Arkansas! Inspiration, Education and Maybe a Little Perspiration

This post will have you ready to kick the kickstand back and put the foot on the pedal. All in…

Aron SheltonApril 16, 2021

Cox Employees to Award $125k in Grants to Area Nonprofits and Educators Arts & CultureCommunityEducationNorthwest ArkansasTechnology

Cox Employees to Award $125k in Grants to Area Nonprofits and Educators

Cox Communications employees will award more than $125,000 to area nonprofits and educators in 2021 through its employee-funded giving program,…

Aron SheltonApril 8, 2021

Nearly 300 Charities Will Participate in the 4th Annual NWA Gives Event CausesCommunityNorthwest Arkansas

Nearly 300 Charities Will Participate in the 4th Annual NWA Gives Event

The fourth annual NWA Gives event is almost here! On Thursday, April 8, local charities signed up for the event…

Aron SheltonApril 3, 2021

Cool Jobs Alert: Opt Outside Active LifestyleBenton CountyEnvironmentJobsNorthwest ArkansasWashington County

Cool Jobs Alert: Opt Outside

At home in the outdoors? From protecting our watersheds to blazing OZ trails, we discovered a spectrum of positions with…

Aron SheltonMarch 25, 2021

Circles NWA: Building Community to End Poverty CommunityEducationNorthwest ArkansasPoverty

Circles NWA: Building Community to End Poverty

What would it take to end poverty in Northwest Arkansas? Guest post by Christina Williams, Founder of Circles NWAIn a…

Aron SheltonMarch 1, 2021

Cool Jobs & Internships Alert: Community, Community, Community Arts & CultureCommunityDEIEducationJobsNorthwest Arkansas

Cool Jobs & Internships Alert: Community, Community, Community

Sometimes it pays to make a difference! Community Programs Coordinator at Crystal Bridges // Community Liaison at Hark NWA //…

Aron SheltonFebruary 15, 2021

Local Partnership Provides Financial Assistance to Refugee-Owned Businesses CommunityDEINorthwest ArkansasWashington County

Local Partnership Provides Financial Assistance to Refugee-Owned Businesses

Meet Canopy’s first Forge client, Eca Mukandama, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, who is opening an auto sales…

Aron SheltonFebruary 10, 2021