SHELTERS SCRAMBLE Groups Use Creative Ways to Raise Cash
Maj. Tim Williford recognizes some of the faces showing up at Salvation Army thrift stores, free meals and shelters around Northwest Arkansas. Just a few years…
A Sheltered Life
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A SHELTERED LIFE: Communal Living Offers Safe Haven
Editor’s Note: On any given night, shelters in Northwest Arkansas hold hundreds of our neighbors. No two people travel the same road to a shelter, but once the…
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‘I Thought He Would Change’: Crisis Line Caller Files Protection Order
The phones never stop ringing. Of the six lines that run into the Peace at Home Family Shelter, four or five are typically lit up at a time, said Teresa Mills,…
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HOPING FOR A HOME: Staff Cares For Animals Awaiting Adoption
Early morning at the Bella Vista Animal Shelter doesn’t smell like cute, cuddly puppies or fluffy kittens.
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FILLING A GAP: Facility Assists Women Aging Out Of Foster Care
Krista enters the kitchen early in the evening, blond hair a little in her face, shoulders down and inward, as though she is trying to disappear. The 20-year-o…
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KICKING THE HABIT: Addicts Seek Transformation
The 31-year-old woman’s plan to transform herself from meth addict to soccer mom includes a four-month stay with her children at a Bentonville alcohol-and-drug…
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LIFELINE TO TEENS: Young Mothers Find Refuge
Unrestrained bawls of a tiny baby echo down the narrow upstairs hallway just before dawn.
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A SHELTERED LIFE: "One Child, Right Now" Shelter From Risky Homes
Matthew is a daredevil, leaping with abandon into a play area filled with bright red, blue, green and yellow plastic balls. His twin brother Paul, 20 months ol…
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A SHELTERED LIFE: Salvation Army Offers Warm Place in Hard Times
Snow falls, a flake or two at a time, just enough to let everyone know of its presence. A dusting rests on the ground from the previous evening, and although t…
