Souls Harbor Northwest Arkansas, a faith-based transitional living facility, offers homeless men a positive living option to help get them back on their feet. The nonprofit organization will hold a duet of benefit meals -- Harvesting the Seed Dinner with Chef Bill Lyle on Sept. 19 and Dinner with Soul Gala on Oct. 3.
Lyle, Crystal Bridges executive chef, will prepare multi-course gourmet meals for two seatings, 5:30 and 8 p.m., at Souls Harbor Northwest Arkansas in Rogers.
Harvesting the Seed Dinner with Chef Bill Lyle
What: Multi-course dinner
When: 5:30 or 8 p.m. Sept. 19
Where: Souls Harbor NWA in Rogers
Tickets: $40
Dinner with Soul
What: Dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions, raffle
When: 6 p.m. Oct.3
Where: Horton Farms in Bentonvilles
Tickets: $100. Sponsorships are available.
Information: rachel@soulsharborn…
Organizers say Dinner with Soul will be an evening of "Southern charm with sophisticated style with boots, burlap, lace and grace" at Horton Farms in Bentonville.
Charlene Fields, development director, said men come to Souls Harbor from drug treatment programs such as Decision Point or off the street. Residents must pass a background check, be drug free, gain full employment and stay a minimum of 90 days to complete the group's program, which includes learning life skills such as parenting and budgeting. They may stay up to a year.
Fields said the facility can accommodate 20 residents at a time and has a waiting list that averages about 40 names at any given time.
Souls Harbor Northwest Arkansas receives no state or federal money and is supported solely by donations, volunteers and grants. The biggest current needs are mentors for residents, donations and assistance in demolishing a building on the property to make way for future construction.
-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER
NAN Our Town on 09/10/2015