Philanthropy
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Philanthropy Bales make $1 million gift to Arkansas Children's Hospital
Sharon and John Hardin Bale Jr. will give $1 million to support the fetal heart program at Arkansas Children's Hospital and it will be named in their honor.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Philanthropy Face time with Bill Clinton — more valuable than Oprah, Paul Simon
A for-profit outfit that arranges to auction time with celebrities to raise money for their favorite charities reports a Houston woman paid $255,000 to spend a day with former President Bill Clinton. That was Charitybuzz.com's biggest score in 2011, with the money going to the Clinton Foundation. A backstage meeting with Oprah Winfrey brought $105,000 for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and a private voice or guitar lesson from Paul Simon produced $75,000 for the Children’s Health Fund).
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Philanthropy Union Rescue Mission gets $450,000 challenge grant
The Union Rescue Mission has received a $450,000 challenge grant from the Mabee Foundation toward a $3 million drive to build a new mission on Confederate Boulevard, close by the old mission that has been acquired by the city of Little Rock for its day center for the homeless. (An issue that has been somewhat in the news of late.) The money also would remodel the women's shelter on Park Street.
Union Rescue has been on a long quest since an earlier plan to refit the old Dillard's building on Capitol Avenue for the shelter fell through several years ago. That building has since been rehabilitated substantially for state use.
The details of the current drive and gift:
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Philanthropy Walker Foundation gives $1.5 million to UAMS NW campus
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation has given $1.5 million to build a clinical education center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Northwest Arkansas campus.
It brings to $48 million Walker gifts to UAMS.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Philanthropy Arkies work for water projects in third world
- ozarkwaterprojects.org
- CLEAN WATER IN HAITI: A painting tells the story of the Ozark Water Projects in Haiti.
A change of pace on a so-far quiet holiday weekend.
Roger Armbrust, a former Arkansas Democrat reporter now retired back in Little Rock after a career in New York, contributes columns to Yahoo and today's is a feel-good story about Arkansans, particularly the Little Rock couple Beckham and Karla Allen. The short version is that they use proceeds from reselling donated used shoes to developing countries to bring clean water to places in Haiti and Kenya.
Here's the water project's website.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Philanthropy Joe Johnson plays Santa Claus to 50 kids
There's plenty of philanthropy out there at Christmas time, but I've always had a soft spot for those who labor each year to line up a Christmas for children in protective custody of the state Division of Child and Family Services.
The Joe Johnson Foundation has stepped up this year. It's providing support for food, games and a $100 shopping spree for 50 kids tonight at a local Walmart.
Merry Christmas to the NBA star by way of Little Rock Central and the University of Arkansas.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Philanthropy Feeding the hungry; a modest proposal
So I read in the Democrat-Gazette today that gun-happy state Rep. Randy Stewart of Kirby wants to institutionalize taxpayer subsidies to process wild game to give to the hungry. This is wild game that, in many cases, the hunters don't want to eat. Their consciences are mollified a bit by the thought that the meat might go to some good use. But only as long as they don't have to pay for the processing.
Here's an idea: How about putting a similar amount of state money into peanut butter, cheese, bean, rice and similar stores for cheap, nutritious and far more popular sources of food pantry stock for the hungry?
There is a reason deep freezers all over Arkansas are stuffed with gamey ducks and stringy deer time-stamped back to 1949 or so. (I know, I know. If you marinate it in sherry for 15 hours, tie it up in bacon, smother it in onions, slow cook it carefully, serve it with some cheese grits, pair it with a robust, fruit-forward red wine ..... )
The state doesn't need to pay cash subsidies to charity. Then it isn't charity. It's socialized hunting.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Philanthropy Metta World Peace (AKA Ron Artest) gives to Little Rock nonprofit
Artest's name change makes for some awesome press release moments.
Mr. World Peace’s charitable efforts encourage people to find the hope to seek wellness professionals and promote personal recovery. The UNITY program’s mission is to alter youth behavior by sharing collective prison experience and lessons, along with introducing positive constructive alternatives to negative behaviors, and offer youth coping skills by discussing and modeling responsibility and self-control.“Words cannot adequately express the gratitude we feel toward Mr. World Peace. This has been a dream since 2005. The recent AETN documentary about UNITY started getting the message out. Now, we’ll be able to develop it further and take the program directly to youth.” states The Centers’ Prevention Services (UNITY) program manager Pam Plummer.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Philanthropy Donors give $2 million for Arkansas Arts Center debt
Warren Stephens, chairman of the Foundation, said he was not one of the anonymous donors of $1 million gifts. He announced the gifts at the Arts Center's annual meeting.
The slate is thus clean, with a fresh start for the Arts Center and its new leadership.
Leslie has a fuller report on Eye Candy. She also has on her blog another item on Mayor Mark Stodola promising money for the museum if the city sales tax increase passes.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Walmart / Arkansas Culture and Characters / Philanthropy Walmart gift pays admission to Crystal Bridges
If you haven't visited Leslie Peacock's art blog "Eye Candy," lately, you should take a gander. A $20 million gift from Walmart will cover admission costs for visitors to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. But what about special exhibits? Check out Leslie's blog for her take and see the museum's press release.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Philanthropy Joe Johnson pays it forward
NBA star Joe Johnson, who still calls Little Rock home, is inviting the press in Saturday for the "launch" of the Joe Johnson Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at helping low-income kids and their families. His stated mission: entrepreneurship, physical fitness and hunger relief.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Philanthropy Walker Foundation gives $2 million to Children's
The Willard and Pat Walker Foundation of Fayetteville has given $2 million to Arkansas Children's Hospital for construction of a new wing. A clinic in the new building will be named for the Walkers, long-time supporters of the hospital.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Philanthropy Lyon family gives $1.5 million to UAMS
Frank and Jane Lyon have given $1.5 million to the UAMS Institute on Aging for an expansion project.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Philanthropy Let the UALR games begin
Now this is good news.
The Coleman Dairy family is giving UALR 10 acres on the south side of Col. Glenn. Ave, site of the former dairy. UALR will build a recreation complex — soccer, intramurals and a track-and-field facility. Until now, runners, jumpers and throwers at UALR have had to use the Little Rock School District track or whatever else they could find.
As a sometimes participant in old-timers track and field (well, field), I'm hoping the UALR track will be open to all comers.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Philanthropy Clinton School gets $750,000 grant
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the Clinton School of Public Service has received $750,000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to study and promote giving that builds equitable communities.
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