LITTLE ROCK — As we do every year, NWA Media invited the nonprofit organizations that help our community all year to ask for help in return. This is the final installment of their wish lists.
BELLA VISTA ANIMAL SHELTER
WHAT: The Bella Vista Animal Shelter is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Our mission is to rescue and rehabilitate the homeless dogs and cats of Bella Vista. We provide food, shelter and medical care for animals in need until they can be adopted into loving homes. In 2012, we provided shelter to 834 lost animals and successfully lowered our euthanasia rate from 5 percent to 4 percent.
WHERE: Our physical location is 32 Bella Vista Way. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 5248, BellaVista 72714. You can see all of our adoptable pets at our website, bellavista-animalshelter.org and keep up with us on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/Bella-Vista-Animal-Shelter/33916. Our hours of operation are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday-Saturday; closed Sunday.
CONTACT: Email Deidre Knight-Matney, executive director, at [email protected] or Donna Miles, shelter manager, at [email protected] or call the shelter at (479) 855-6020.
WISH LIST: High-quality dry and canned dog and cat food, kitten and puppy food, dog and cat toys, clay cat litter, paper towels, dish soap, laundry detergent, fabric softener sheets, bleach, Mr.
Clean “Febreze” cleaner, large trash bags, toilet paper and HP02colored printer ink. Cash donations are always accepted as well, and we are happy to provide a tax deductible receipt.
ARTIS ANN MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHAT: Artis Ann Middle School serves 638 students in fifth and sixth grades in Bentonville. The school population is comprised of both boys and girls with a 38 percent free and reduced lunch program.
WHERE: Bentonville
CONTACT: Parent volunteer Elizabeth Davis at 479-936-0905 or [email protected]
WISH LIST: Hand weights one, two or five pounds; video games for exercise; “Dance, Dance Revolution” for the PlayStation 2; Wii “Just Dance 3”;
Wii console (gently used or refurbished is fine).
LOVING CHOICES PREGNANCY CENTERS
WHAT: Loving Choices Pregnancy Centers has served women facing unplanned pregnancies for 25 years. Services include free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, STD testing, options counseling, postabortion counseling and post-abortion Bible studies.
All services are free and confidential. The 18-month mentoring program includes education classes for expectant mothers in which counselors teach clients about healthy pregnancy practices, parenting skills and life skills.
Clients are rewarded with “Mommy Bucks” which can be redeemed in the Baby Boutique. In 2012, LovingChoices served about 800 clients. Clients earned over 50,000 diapers through the mentoring program.
WHERE: Fayetteville and Rogers
CONTACT: Jan Hixson, director of development, at (479) 631-6677 or (479) 521-6677.
WISH LIST: New iPads, new laptops, prenatal vitamins, diapers (any size), new and gently used baby clothes (newborn to 1 year), baby wash, baby shampoo, baby lotion, baby powder, diaper wipes.
Other organizations featured this year were:
Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, (479) 521-4166; Life Styles, (479) 521-3581; Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter, (479) 795-2417, ext.
312; Havenwood, (479) 273-1060; EOA Children’s House, (479) 872-7479, ext. 221; Saving Grace, (479) 636-1133;
Artist’s Laboratory Theatre, erikawilhite@gmail.
com; Elizabeth Richardson Center, (479) 872-1800;
LifeSource, (479) 521-4000;
Madison County Pet Shelter, (479) 738-1505; Washington Regional Cancer Support Home, (479) 521-8024; Youth Bridge, (479) 899-7856; Good Shepherd Humane Society, goodshepherd10@yahoo.
com; Hope Cancer Resources, (479) 361-5847; House of Hope Rescue Mission, (479) 750-4673; Community Creative Center, (479) 571-2706;
Rogers Historical Museum, (479) 621-1154; Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, (479) 750-2620; Faith In Action, (479) 463-7862; Restoration Village, (479) 631-7345;
Children’s Advocacy Centerof Benton County, (479) 621-0385; Washington Regional Willard Walker Hospice Home, (479) 463-7385; Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, (479) 750-8165; The Clayton House, (479) 783-3000;
Spay Arkansas, (479) 756-1100; Helping Hands, (479) 273-2511; ABC HappyKids, (479) 464-8686; Rogers Little Theater, (479) 631-8988; Circle of Life Hospice, (479) 872-3396; Cooperative Emergency Outreach, ceocelebration@yahoo.
com; Lone Pine Ranch, (479) 366-0508; Literacy Council of Benton County, (479) 273-3486; Ability Tree, (479) 373-6033; Compassion House, (479) 419-9100; Habitat for Humanity of Washington County, habitatwashingoncoar.org; Credit Counseling of America, (479) 521-8877;
Old Man’s Riverfront Rescue, (479) 713-9610; Second Street Pantry, (479) 273-2712;
Fabulous Felines, (479) 633-7521; Carroll County Community Foundation, (479) 244-5792; Genesis House, (479) 549-3438; United Christian Charities, (479) 435-5699; Rescue Me, (479) 313-1158; Meals on Wheels of Benton County, (479) 636-1814; Hannah House, (479) 782-5683.
Nonprofits with needs are still invited to contact Features Editor Becca Martin-Brown at bmartin@ nwaonline.com. Those wishing to give should contact the organizations directly.
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