Hope Cancer
offers support
• Free Tobacco Cessation Program: Hope Cancer Resources' certified health education specialist is available to support members of the community who are looking to quit smoking with nicotine replacement therapy and counseling.
• Emotional Support Through Cancer Battle: Hope Cancer Resources' team of counselors and social workers are supporting cancer patients and their families every day with a focus on emotional health, no matter the circumstance.
• Virtual Wellness Classes For Cancer Patients and Caregivers: The Wellness Center for Hope at Hope Cancer Resources has created a yoga and fitness class schedule via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Information: (479) 361-5847.
OLLI sets
new classes
The Osher Lifelong Institute at the University of Arkansas announces the following classes for the upcoming week.
March 15: "Eat Your Way to a Healthier Brain," (Zoom). If you want to be a "Bright Light Bulb" every day, what you eat and what you don't eat is vital. In this course, Dr. Masters will discuss how the body uses the food you consume, the good and the bad. Learn how to keep your brain working at its optimum level. $19 members, $34 nonmembers.
March 16: "OLLI for Coffee," (Zoom). Free and open to all, contact office for Zoom details.
March 16: "DIO Sassafras Winery," (in person). $29 members only.
March 17: "DIO Mockingbird Kitchen," (in person). $29 members only.
March 19: "Virtual Cheese 101," (Zoom). $55 members, $70 nonmembers.
Information: (479) 575-3541 or olli.uark.edu.
Red Cross
needs help
As we head into spring severe weather, the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas has an urgent need for additional volunteers who can assist virtually and in person for disaster response. Volunteers are also needed to support blood drives and transport blood to hospitals.
Volunteers are also needed to help support blood drives by being a greeter and helping blood donors check in at local blood drives or to drive Red Cross vans to transport life-saving blood to local hospitals. To sign up for an upcoming virtual informational session, go to redcross.org/arcvolunteerfair.
A year ago, many things in the world paused due to the covid-19 pandemic. But the need for blood never stopped. Today blood donations are just as essential, and the American Red Cross urges individuals who are healthy to make an appointment to donate blood. More donors, especially those with type O blood, are needed now to ensure that patients have lifesaving blood products available for emergencies and everyday medical treatments.
March is Red Cross Month, and the Red Cross is celebrating blood, platelet and plasma donors for stepping up to meet the constant need for blood amid the pandemic. In thanks for being a vital part of the organization's lifesaving mission, all who come to give March 15-26 will receive an exclusive Red Cross T-shirt, while supplies last.
The Red Cross is also testing blood, platelet and plasma donations for covid-19 antibodies. Covid-19 antibody test results will be available within one to two weeks.
Upcoming blood donation opportunities include:
• Bentonville: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 15, McLarty Daniel Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 2201 S.E. Moberly Lane; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 18, Bentonville Plaza, 609 S.W. Eighth St.; noon-5 p.m. March 18, Walmart, 406 S. Walton Blvd.; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 19, 5G Consulting, 1005 Beau Terre Drive
• Centerton: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. March 30, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 950 Seba Road
• Rogers: 1-6 p.m. March 17, Sunnyside Baptist Church, 210 E. Locust St.; noon-4 p.m. March 22, Walmart, 4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd.; noon-4 p.m. March 23, & 24, Center for Nonprofits, 1200 West Walnut
• Springdale: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. March 19, Knights of Columbus Hall, 267 North Barrington Road
Information: (800) 733-2767 or redcrossblood.org.
Fund benefits
UA Libraries
University of Arkansas alumna Ellen Compton is being remembered through a newly established fund named in her memory. Compton, who worked for the university for 30 years, was an integral part of establishing the nationally recognized collecting focus for architectural records within the Special Collections division of University Libraries.
The Ellen Compton Fund for Special Collections was created with a gift of more than $92,000 from Compton's estate and will enhance the holdings of Special Collections, particularly for architectural records.
Special Collections supports the research, teaching and learning mission of the UA by collecting, preserving and providing access to unique and rare materials.
Compton passed away in March 2020 at the age of 81. During her time with Special Collections, she traveled the state as a field archivist, collecting materials for preservation in Special Collections, and worked on the extensive professional and personal papers of Fay Jones.
David Shipley, one of Compton's sons, said, "Though Ellen first became part of the University of Arkansas as a freshman in the fall of 1956 and remained active in university activities from that time until her passing last year, it wasn't until she began her career in Special Collections in 1980 that she truly found her home. This gift is from her to a place she loved, where she formed lasting relationships and where she found her purpose: collecting and preserving Arkansas stories for all of us."
The Ellen Compton Fund for Special Collections will enhance the holdings of Special Collections through the acquisition of materials or collections; digitization and maintenance of collections; or by supporting the access to and use of the collections by students, faculty, researchers and the public. These activities often necessitate the hiring of a student assistant, and this position will be known as the "Ellen Compton Student Assistant."
"With this gift, we are grateful that Ellen will continue to leave her mark on the university, helping to shape the careers of interns like those she so enjoyed mentoring during her 30 years with the Libraries," Shipley said.
"Architectural records are one of our key collecting strengths," said Lori Birrell, associate dean for Special Collections. "Generosity like this helps to ensure that we can best grow and steward these collections and make them available to be used by our faculty, students, and researchers world-wide."
In June 2020, Tom and Jill King of Fayetteville created the Ellen Compton Memorial Fund, which supports the collecting focus of architectural records within Special Collections to document the design environment in Arkansas and house the collections of nationally and internationally recognized architects, landscape architects and architectural photographers with significant connections to the state. Contributions are still being accepted for that fund.
Information: (479) 575-7346 or email [email protected].