Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter gets $50,000
Posted on Thursday, March 27, 2008
BENTONVILLE — Representatives from Arvest Banks in Bentonville, Fayetteville, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale came together Wednesday to make a joint donation to the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter’s capital campaign, “ Give Every Child a Chance to Heal. ”
The six banks, represented by Bob Boehmler, David Short, Lisa Ray and Donny Story, presented a multi-year pledge of $ 50, 000 to Tim Nichols, executive director of the children’s shelter.
“ As a community-based bank, we make it a priority to invest time and resources in the communities we live in, ” said Boehmler, executive vice president / loan manager at Arvest Bank, Bentonville. “ We’re exited to contribute to this capital campaign that will support a larger facility and help the program to expand its services to meet area children’s needs. ”
The “ Give Every Child a Chance to Heal” capital campaign is a fundraising effort by the children’s shelter to raise $ 9, 040, 000 that will create an endowment to support the operations of a new, larger facility and expand services to provide long-term care for children in need.
“ It is especially exciting for us to receive this support not only from Arvest Banks in Bentonville, Rogers and Siloam Springs, but also from Springdale, Fayetteville and Prairie Grove, since over 20 percent of the children we serve come from Washington county, ” Nichols said. “ We are extremely grateful for the generosity of Arvest Bank and appreciate the commitment they have shown to improving the lives of abused and neglected children from all across our state. ”
The Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter is a private, nonprofit organization that provides 24-hour emergency residential care to children who are victims of physical and sexual abuse, family violence, neglect and abandonment. It is designed to meet the needs of these children by providing them with a secure and loving environment and offering programs and services that will help them grow and develop.
Arvest Bank operates more than 200 bank branches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas through a network of 16 locally managed community banks, each with its own board of directors and management team. These banks serve customers in 90 communities with 12-hour weekday banking at most locations. Arvest also operates a mortgage company, an asset management company, an insurance division and a mortgage servicing company. Arvest employs more than 1, 100 associates in northwest Arkansas.
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