by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Take a Real Summer Vacation: Sever the High-tech Tethers
Not taking a vacation or checking with the office while on vacation can lead to stress, illness and job burnout.
Tag: Nonprofits
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Retention Rates Reduce Taxes
Employee retention is a great way to reduce annual taxes on a business.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Center Cranks Up Workforce Support
NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Shewmaker Center for Workforce Technologies in Bentonville has a new dean and new $4.6 million facility.
by - July 5, 2004 12:00 am
Company Team-building Efforts Can Be Productive
Team-building is essential for a healthy company, but things like forced sumo wrestling might be carrying it a bit too far.
by - June 21, 2004 12:00 am
Hunts Give $5 Million To Mercy Health Systems
Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas recently announced a $5 million donation from J.B. and Johnelle Hunt to its Northwest Arkansas capital campaign.
by - June 21, 2004 12:00 am
Education Emphasized In $3.2M Grant Awards
CommunityCare Foundation Inc. on June 15 announced plans to distribute $3.2 million to four local schools and several other organizations, with the majority of the funds going to education-oriented programs.
by - June 21, 2004 12:00 am
Space Photonics Shoots For Stars With $3M Funding
Space Photonics Inc., a client of the University of Arkansas? Genesis Technology Incubator, has received a $3 million authorization from the House of Representatives and Senate Armed Services Committees to do research for the U.S. Air Force.
by - May 10, 2004 12:00 am
United Way Drops Ball
The United Way Foundation of Washington County has come up with an innovative way to raise funds: It will toss about 3,000 golf balls from a Benton County Sheriff?s Office helicopter on to a special ?green? at the Sports Park of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
by - May 10, 2004 12:00 am
DU BBQ Challenge Grows 50 Percent
David Bain, chairman of the Benton County Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, says the group?s annual state barbecue championships fundraiser increased its gross by 50 percent.
by - April 12, 2004 12:00 am
Pollard Named JBU President
Charles W. Pollard of Grand Rapids, Mich., is named the sixth president of John Brown University in Siloam Springs.
by - April 12, 2004 12:00 am
Local HealthSouth Receives Honor
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Fayetteville is recognized as a ?Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence.? The honor goes to eight hospitals out of HealthSouth?s network of more than 100.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Adversity Made Area?s Centennial Club Stronger in Toughest Times
Twenty-six for-profit companies in Northwest Arkansas have had continuous operations for at least 100 years.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
Train Depot Museum Shifts to Nonprofit
Plans to build a $12 million museum/theater/restaurant project next to the Fayetteville train depot have shifted from a commercial to a nonprofit project.
by - March 29, 2004 12:00 am
NWACC Fund-raiser Gala to Benefit College, Community
NWACC to host its first fund-raiser gala, ?An Evening With the Stars.?
by - March 15, 2004 12:00 am
Arkansas National Gives to Rebuild
Arkansas National Bank of Bentonville donated $50,000 to Rebuilding Together of Northwest Arkansas on March 11.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
CFO Donates $125K Yacht to Local Group
Terry Johnson, CFO of VeriSource in Rogers has donated a 1989 Chris Craft yacht to Rebuilding Together of Northwest Arkansas.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Kids for Health Wins CCF Grant
CommunityCare Foundation’s first grant of 2004 has gone to the Kids for Health, a health education program for children, in the amount of $67,500.
by - March 1, 2004 12:00 am
Wal-Mart Threatens To Out-Walk Tyson
Corporate competition in the 2004 Northwest Arkansas American Heart Walk is already fierce.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
13 Vie to Pucker Up and Kiss a Pig
Thirteen competitors hoping to raise the most money for the local American Diabetes Association will find out who wins the honor of ?kissing the pig? at this year?s Hog Wild Gala.
by - February 16, 2004 12:00 am
Youth Bridge Reaches Out For Funding
Youth Bridge, a nonprofit agency providing services to at-risk teens and their families, launches a direct mail campaign to raise funds for an expansion project.