Group rallies volunteers

FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOTTSCHALK Michelle Wilson (right) uses a roller as Molly White, volunteers with Pinnacle Foods Inc., uses a brush to apply paint to the gym walls at the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club in Fayetteville during the 2018 United Way of Northwest Arkansas Live United Day. Some 430 volunteers in Northwest Arkansas will help area nonprofit organizations for the one day of service April 26.
FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOTTSCHALK Michelle Wilson (right) uses a roller as Molly White, volunteers with Pinnacle Foods Inc., uses a brush to apply paint to the gym walls at the Donald W. Reynolds Boys & Girls Club in Fayetteville during the 2018 United Way of Northwest Arkansas Live United Day. Some 430 volunteers in Northwest Arkansas will help area nonprofit organizations for the one day of service April 26.

Hundreds of volunteers will unite April 26 to Live United with the United Way of Northwest Arkansas. It's the largest day of action in Northwest Arkansas, spread out among several organizations, according to Christina Hinds, resource development vice president.

Some 430 volunteers representing 23 area businesses and other groups will serve 22 sites that include Boys and Girls Clubs of Siloam Springs, Benton County and Donald W. Reynolds in Fayetteville; Apple Seeds in Fayetteville; Sunshine School and Development Center in Rogers; Girl Scouts: Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas; and Family Network in Springdale.

Live United Day

Who: United Way of Northwest Arkansaas

What: Area one-day volunteer effort

When: April 26

Where: Northwest Arkansas

Information: (479) 750-1221 or LUday@unitedwaynwa.…

Hinds said: "It's an opportunity for our companies' employees to give time back to our community." The estimated dollar value of the volunteer hours to the area is more than $34,000.

Hinds said the majority of the projects are exterior spring cleanup with some interior painting and refreshing.

For those who want to volunteer throughout the year, a list of agencies looking for volunteers is on the organization's website, unitedwaynwa.org.

-- CARIN SCHOPPMEYER

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NAN Our Town on 04/11/2019

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