Red Cross
seeks blood
The American Red Cross encourages all eligible blood donors to make an appointment to donate blood:
Benton County
• Friday: 2 to 6 p.m., Walmart, 2901 Highway 412 E., Siloam Springs
• Saturday: noon to 4 p.m., Walmart, 2901 Highway 412 E., Siloam Springs
• Aug. 5: 2 to 6 p.m., Walmart, 406 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville
Carroll Country
• Aug. 12: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tyson, 601 Tyson Drive, Green Forest
Appointments: (800) 733-2767 or redcrossblood.org.
Blood Center
seeks donors
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will hold blood drives at the following locations:
• Bella Vista: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Bella Vista Police Department, 105 Town Center
• Eureka Springs: 2 to 6 p.m. Monday, Inn of the Ozarks, Hwy. 62 West
• Fayetteville: noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Blue Cliff College, 3448 N. College Ave.
• Fayetteville: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Washington County Sheriff's Office, 1155 Clydesdale Drive
• Fayetteville: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Signature Bank of Arkansas, 3878 N. Crossover Road
• Rogers: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Mercy Health System of NWA, 2710 Rife Medical Center
• Bentonville: 2 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pine Crest Private School, 1300 SW Liberty Ave.
• Eureka Springs: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eureka Springs Hospital, 24 Norris St.
• Bentonville: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, NorthWest Arkansas Community College, 1 College Drive
• Fayetteville: 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, University of Arkansas Facilities Management, 521 S. Razorback Road
• Siloam Springs: 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, DaySpring Distribution Building, 21154 Highway 16 E.
• Berryville: 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Walmart Supercenter, 1000 W. Trimble Ave.
• Rogers: 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Cabela's, 2300 Promenade Blvd.
Information: www.cbco.org or (800) 280-5337.
Tontitown hosts
blood drive
The Tontitown fire and police departments, in conjunction with the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, are hosting a blood drive from 4 to 8 p.m. Aug. 8 in the Tontitown Fire Department parking lot. Free cholesterol screenings will be available.
Information: [email protected].
Home buyers
offered class
Credit Counseling of Arkansas will hold its next Home Buyer Education class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Washington County Extension Building, 2536 N. McConnell Ave. in Fayetteville. The class is free and open to anyone who would like to learn more about the home buying process. The class is a pre-requisite for any of the ADFA Down Payment Assistance programs.
Information: [email protected].
Combat veterans
welcomed home
The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks will host a Welcome Home Salute for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn veterans from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at U.S. Army National Guard Camp Crowder, 890 Ray A. Carver Ave. in Neosho, Mo. The event is free.
Information: (479) 443-4301, ext. 65403.
Purple Heart
honors veteran
On Friday, Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks will host a Military Order of the Purple Heart recognition ceremony. The event will be held at 11 a.m. at the medical center in Fayetteville. Sgt. Marshall Kennedy, USMC, will be the keynote speaker.
The community is invited to attend as they honor veterans who have received a Purple Heart.
Information: (479) 443-4301, ext. 65127 or (479) 443-4301, ext. 63114.
Seminar helps
golf beginners
Bella Vista Village is seeking property owners to participate in its beginners golf seminar for adults in August.
The instructional seminar will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on four consecutive Wednesdays Aug. 6-277 at the Tanyard Creek Practice Center, 10 Nature Trail Lane. The cost is $20 per person, and space is limited to the first 20 applicants.
The seminar will include golf skill instruction, such as driving, iron play, chipping and putting. Participants will also be instructed on proper course etiquette. Basic rules, safety, keeping score and ready play will be reviewed during the course. On-course play will be offered in the last teaching session at a casual yet structured setting using fun, skill-enhancement formats.
The final golf seminar of the season will be offered from 10 to 11 a.m. Sept. 6-27 on four consecutive Saturdays.
Registration forms are available on the Property Owners Association's website bellavistapoa.com or at the Bella Vista Country Club. Registration forms and payments should be submitted to the Golf Division office.
Information: (479) 855-5079.
Novice golfers
forming group
The Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association is developing a novice golf group where new golfers can learn and feel comfortable among other beginners.
Each year, the Property Owners Association's Golf Division offers four-week instructional seminars for beginning adult golfers from April through September. During the seminars, golf professionals teach basic golf instruction, etiquette and rules to beginners.
The association is looking to develop a new program to follow the Beginners Golf Seminar. The Bella Vista Novice Golfers Group will be a welcoming, relaxed and stress-free environment where beginning golfers can play and learn with others new to the game. Events would include clinics, practice at the Tanyard Creek Driving Range and play on Bella Vista Village's golf courses.
To better meet the needs and desires of members and guests interested in participating in the Novice Golfers Group, the association's staff invites participants to participate in a brief online survey about the program.
To take the survey, visit surveymonkey.com/s/bvvpoang.
Fraud awareness
is seminar topic
Bella Vista AARP Chapter 109 is hosting a Fraud Awareness Seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 12 at Riordan Hall.
Featured speakers will be Bella Vista Police Chief Ken Farmer, Benton County Sheriff Kelly Cradduck and Arkansas attorney general's office representative Stephen Svetz. Topics to be covered will be local problems and internet scams. Ample time will be allowed for questions and answers.
Information: [email protected].
Cane Hill topic
at Aug. 1 event
The public is invited to join the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas and Historic Cane Hill from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday for happy hour at Apple Blossom Brewing Company in Fayetteville. Participants will learn about historic restoration work at Historic Cane Hill, Arkansas's first college, and the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas's works to build stronger communities by reconnecting Arkansans to their heritage and empowering people to save and rehabilitate historic places.
A $1 portion of each beer sold that evening will be donated to the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas and WER Architects/Planners will match the amount raised as a donation to Historic Cane Hill.
Information: PreserveArkansas.org or Facebook.com/PreserveAR or (501) 372-4757.
WordCamp
set Aug. 1-3
Fayetteville will host the region's WordCamp for bloggers and web designers of all skill levels. Novices are very welcome. The fifth annual WordCamp Fayetteville will be Aug. 1 through 3.
A $30 fee covers a souvenir T-shirt, food Friday night, a continental breakfast and box lunch on Saturday, that night's after-party food and a light breakfast on Sunday. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop or tablet computers Saturday and Sunday. Ticket purchase and program details are available at www.wcfay.com.
Information: [email protected] or (479) 283-9502.
Salvation Army
leads food effort
The Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas is partnering with the Washington County Sheriff's Office for several food drives across the area.
Beginning Friday, the Sheriff's Office will be manning posts at Harps Grocery Stores in West Fork, at Mission and Crossover in Fayetteville and the store at Har-ber Meadows in Springdale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
On Saturday, deputies will be at the stores from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
These food drives are critical to help keep shelves from going bare at the Area Command. As the food pantry hits a summer slowdown the Army doesn't have the money to go out and buy new food.
In addition to donating at these locations you can also drop off items at the Area Command at 219 W. 15th St. in Fayetteville. Both perishable and non-perishable food items are accepted.
Information: (479) 521-2151.
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NAN Profiles on 07/27/2014