Prairie Grove Senior Center receives award
Once again, Subaru’s “Share the Love Event” partnership with the Meals on Wheels Program benefits senior citizens. The Prairie Grove Senior Center has been awarded $500 to help sustain its efforts in providing nutritious meals to those seniors in Prairie Grove who are home bound. Thanks to this money provided by Subaru, local seniors will continue to not only receive the food they need but to be visited by friendly volunteers who often provide the only contact seniors have with the outside world.
Boone County Library gets new elevator
Thanks to generous donations from patrons and Friends of the Library, the Boone County Library in Harrison announces the installation of a new elevator. Housed in a mid-century building originally built as a bank, the building has served the community well since the mid-1980s when the Women’s Book Club of Harrison led a campaign to raise the money to purchase the building. But like most buildings, upgrades are required from time to time and certainly that was the case of the elevator. Parts were no longer available to repair the old elevator.
The new elevator was installed by Kone Elevators and Escalators Company headquartered in Little Rock. It took about three weeks to complete the project at a cost of $89,224.13.
From time to time, patrons bequeath parts of their estate to the library. The administrative board of the library works to be good stewards of these noncounty funds and saves them for emergencies such as the elevator. In addition to bequeathed funds, the Friends of the Library provided $5000 for the project.
The library board and staff are grateful to the Friends of the Library as well as the patrons who honored the library in their wills.
Adventure Subaru makes donation
On April 6, Adventure Subaru, 2269 N. Henbest Drive in Fayetteville, made a donation of $56,934 to Feed Communities, Adventures “Hometown Charity” choice for Subaru’s Share the Love program.
From Nov. 19 to Jan. 2, customers who purchased or leased a new Subaru vehicle could select from a list of charities to receive a donation of $250 from Subaru of American Inc.. Feed Communities was Adventure’s designated “Hometown Charity” for the second year in a row. This year, SOA was able to donate a total of $18.5 million to national and local organizations making a positive impact on their communities. Over the last eight years, SOA has donated nearly $70 million to a number of worthy causes through the “Share The Love” event.
Those attending this check presentation event included the board of directors and the advisory council of Feed Communities, representatives from Subaru of America, Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce diplomats and the team at Adventure Subaru.
Bagwell family makes gift
Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas is pleased to announce a generous gift from Tracy, Bryn, Madelyn and Andie Mac Bagwell of Fayetteville to establish the Bagwell Family Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was created as part of Single Parent Scholarship Fund’s Pathway to Prosperity Endowment Campaign, for which the Bagwells also served as ambassadors. The Bagwell Family Endowed Scholarship will be awarded each year to a single parent who has chosen higher education as the pathway out of poverty for his/her family.
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