SPRINGDALE — The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has donated $3 million to hospice provider Circle of Life.
Circle of Life is the largest nonprofit hospice provider in Northwest Arkansas, serving Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties, according to the release.
The provider serves 1,600 patients annually in their homes and at two hospice homes in Springdale and Bentonville, said Dee Vaughn, Circle of Life’s chief development officer.
The $3 million gift will provide $1 million toward Circle of Life’s capital campaign, the nonprofit said Tuesday in a news release.
More than $15 million was raised through the campaign for a building maintenance endowment, a patient wing expansion at the Earlene Howard Hospice Home in Springdale and construction of the Marie and John Carr Hospice Home in 2013 in Bentonville, Vaughn said.
“We had over 2,000 community members that gave to the capital campaign,” Vaughn said. “Without their support, we wouldn’t have these beautiful hospice homes in Northwest Arkansas.” The capital campaign is complete. Circle of Life is focusing on its Charity Care Endowment, which helps fund hospice care through Circle of Life for those who may not be able to afford it, Vaughn said.