Carin Schoppmeyer
Recent Stories
BENEFITS WITH FRIENDS: Laughs fuel hotline, break stigma
The Arkansas Crisis Center helps people through some serious situations, so it may seem counterintuitive to have a comedic fundraiser for the nonprofit organization. Continue reading...
Bigs, Littles celebrate moments
Arkansas Children’s Hospital group off to the races
Jimmy Wayne, country singer, speaker and author, shared his story and performed a mini concert for nearly 500 LifeSource International supporters at the group’s annual Nurturing Hope benefit banquet. The road to success for the 40-year-old was not an easy one and started with a childhood that saw him in and out of foster care and sometimes living on the street with his younger sister. Continue reading...
Band brings in bucks
Center supporters celebrate tradition
Adouble-header of fundraisers on April 27 began at the John Q. Continue reading...
Richardson Center celebrates
Children focus for kids’ club and museum
The Elizabeth Richardson Center celebrated its 50th anniversary with the Hearts of Gold banquet, honoring the organization’s pillars and pioneers April 18 at Mermaids in Fayetteville. Some 125 volunteers, supporters and donors joined the group to mark the milestone. Continue reading...
Feeding Fayetteville
COMMUNITY WORKS TOGETHER TO FIGHT HUNGER
In October 2010, Denise Garner was asked to represent Northwest Arkansas at the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance in Little Rock. She expected that she would return home from the symposium to ask her Northwest Arkansas friends to help feed children in east Arkansas’ Delta region, one of the poorest in the state. Continue reading...
Cupcakes, Kool cap week
Scholarship Fund lauds corporations
Cupcakes and Cocktails held strong in its second year, raising some $180,000 for the Miller McNeil Woodruff Foundation. The event drew an estimated 800 guests to the Fayetteville Town Center on March 29 and included a buffet courtesy of Qdoba, live and silent auctions, dancing to Groovement and lots of chevrons. The chevron is the nonprofit organization’s logo. Continue reading...
Gal groups gather
Gardeners honor member, husband
Washington County women’s groups banded together Monday evening to mark Women’s History Month with their annual banquet at the GuestHouse Inn in Fayetteville. Continue reading...
Museum rolls out Rockwell exhibition
United Way bags bucks for books
Life Styles Inc.’s 25th annual Celebration of Possibilities luncheon saw more than 400 supporters join the group March 6 at the Springdale Holiday Inn. Continue reading...
Ralph roasted, toasted
Health center celebrates new digs
Nearly 200 of Ralph Nesson’s closest friends joined him on Feb. 28 at the Fayetteville Town Center for Ralph-a-Palooza. The roast and toast to mark Ralph’s retirement raised some $60,000 for the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund. Continue reading...
Soup Sunday sets new record
Women gather for food
Soup Sunday on Feb. 24 saw 675 soup sippers who helped raise more than $50,000, breaking previous records for the event supporting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. Continue reading...
Latest photos
Hosts Jon and Joanie Dyer, from left, with Dr. Stan Bradley, medical director of Washington Regional Hospice, welcome guests to th...
