United Way Board Member, Dana Craig who works for OG&E along with Robin Arnold and several other OG&E employees presenting a thank you to Matt Jones, Garden Center Manager at Lowes. Lowes assisted OG&E with supplies they used for a United Way Day of Caring project they completed at the Mulberry Senior Center.
Friends of Salvation Army,
KISR Radio Station is going to be co-ordinating a Cash/Check monetary Drive to raise donations for the OKLAHOMA TORNADO RELIEF.
( NO MATERIAL ITEMS-ONLY MONETARY GIFTS)
They are going to be having a Parking Lot Drive at Central Mall beginning this evening, Tuesday (pending approval from Central Mall Management) 5pm until 8pm and going thru 9am -8pm on WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY.
We are going to have a RED KETTLE STAND set up there, but they would like Volunteers to man the Kettle.
I NEED HELPERS!!
If you would be AVAILABLE and WILLING Please call Charles Smith @ 479-783-6145 to schedule your time. It will be under a covered tent, outside Central Mall, under the mall sign. There will be chairs to sit and you DONT have to Ring The Bell.
We just need helpers to MAN the KETTLE .
Also, share this with friends who you think might be available and willing to help man the Kettle.
Thank you!
Capt Charlotte
We will be following the lead of the OKC United Way and set up a line item in our emergency response fund for monetary donations to the relief effort. These monies will be sent directly to the OKC United Way for them to distribute as needed to agencies they partner with to provide tornado relief. We will also be in contact with Capt Gargis of the Salvation Army. Capt. Gargis is the new commander of OKC Salvation Army starting in June but has been called to OKC today to be the On Site Commander for the Salvation Army. Once he is established we will coordinate with him on anything he needs as it pertains to donations.
If you would like to donate you can mail the donation to:
United Way of Fort Smith Area
P.O. Box 2300
Fort Smith, AR 72902
Or call us at 479-782-1311
Credit Card donations will be accepted.
The United Way of Fort Smith Area (UWFS) seeks the services of an individual skilled in community research and evaluation. This is a project-specific engagement for the purpose of developing a community profile and comprehensive assessment of community needs (community defined as the service area of the UWFS). The results of this research are to be published in a report developed by this individual, that will define the strategic direction, and planning and investment priorities of the UWFS for the next five years.
Please click this link, Research Analyst Position for Needs Assessment to see the entire job description.
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is this Saturday, May 11th. It is sponsored by the
National Association of Letter Carriers, United States Postal Service and United Way.
Watch for your paper bag arriving in your mail the week before the event, then fill it with
your donation and leave it at the mail box. Local food pantries will take your donation and
share it without charge to families in need. Call Sue at the Community Services
Clearinghouse 479-782-5074 for more information on the Letter Carrier Food Drive.
Our 2012 Annual Report is available for your viewing.
Please take a look and see an overview of Campaign 2012.
With weather reports calling for rain, we were worried about how the day would go. The weather turned out great and we had wonderful day. We started off at Golden Corral with our kick-off breakfast. Our United Way Board Chairman, Steve Griffin from Arvest and our Executive Director, Tom Minton both spoke. They thanked all of our volunteers and sent them off to their projects. We had over 700 volunteers which added up to over $61,000 in volunteer hours given back to the community. Tom also thanked the sponsors that made this day happen; AOG, BancorpSouth, Citizens Bank and Trust, Experian, First National Bank of Fort Smith, Gerdau, Golden Living, Liberty Bank, Pernod Ricard-Hiram Walker, The Employees of Planters, Rheem, ShellShocked Outdoors, Simmons First, Sykes.
You can see some photos of the day by checking out our Photo Gallery here on our website or by checking out our Facebook page.
Rain or shine, Day of Caring will go on. We are not going to let rain stop us.
Kickoff breakfast will be at Golden Corral at 7:30 am. After the breakfast we will
all head out to our projects. There will also be a breakfast in Booneville at the
Jeral L. Hampton Meeting Place and in Ozark at the Ozark Area Youth Organization.
We hope your all ready for a fun filled day of Volunteering. You will make
difference in our community.
(April 17th, 2013, FORT SMITH, AR) –— Leaders of this year’s United Way of Fort Smith Area’s campaign applauded the hard work of hundreds of companies and volunteers, announcing they had raised $2.152 million. These dollars will go back into the community 100%, through allocations to our Community Partner Agencies, Community Impact Grants and our Response Fund. 2012 Board Chairperson, Kathy Babb, welcomed everyone to the gathering, held at the Phoenix Expo in Fort Smith. The welcome was followed by 2012 Campaign Chairperson, Sister Judith Marie Keith giving a campaign overview. Sister Judith along with United Way Executive Director, Tom Minton then gave out 2012 Campaign Awards. A special thank you was given to all the award winning companies and individuals, for going above and beyond in this year’s campaign to make it such a success. The following awards were given out:
Campaign Leader’s Award Cooper Clinic
Chairman’s Award Arkansas Best Corporation
Most Resourceful Campaign Golden Living
Spirit of Community Award Times Record
Spirit of Caring UPS-Fort Smith
CEO Leadership Award Jim Walcott
Coordinator of the Year Janet Chronister
First Step Award Klein Tools
Car Dealership Campaign Smith Auto Group
Corporate Division Baldor Electric Company and Gerdau
Crawford County Simmons Cook Plant
Education Fort Smith Public Schools, UA-Fort Smith,
Van Buren Public Schools, Greenwood
Public Schools and Magazine Public Schools
Finance and Banking Arvest Bank, Citizens Bank & Trust,
Community National Bank-Booneville,
Farmers Bank, First National Bank of Fort
Smith, Firstar Bank, First Western Bank-
Booneville, United Federal Credit Union-
Sebastian
Franklin County Hug Chevrolet, Buick & GMC
Government Award City of Fort Smith
Manufacturing Division Weldon, Williams & Lick and
Exide Technologies
Oil & Gas Division Stephens Productions
Partner Agency Award Stepping Stone School
Professional Division Brown .Hiller .Clark and Associates
Retail Division Target and Walmart
The Thomas P. Foltz Award was given to Lisa Grenier from Kraft/Planters. This award recognizes a a person that goes above and beyond in their support of the United Way, a person that exemplifies philanthropic leadership through support of the United Way at his or her respective company or organization. Click here to see photos of today’s event on our Facebook page.
What: United Way Campaign Wrap Up Luncheon
When: April 17th, 2013, 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Where: Phoenix Expo Center
Why: United Way volunteers, company and community representatives will gather
to help celebrate United Way’s effort to raise $2.1 million for 33 community partner
agencies in a six-county area – Sebastian, Crawford, Franklin and Logan in Arkansas,
Sequoyah and LeFlore in Oklahoma.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to 479-782-1311 by April 10th,
or click here to send confirmation e mail.
United Way will hold its annual Day of Caring on April 23rd. There will be projects in several towns in our service area.
If you would like to see the projects and sign up, click here. Deadline to sign up and get a t-shirt is March 29th.
The United Way of Fort Smith Area is pleased to bring you the Community Resource Guide. The goal of this guide is to assist agencies and businesses that make client referrals.
Arvest will be hosting a golf tournament benefiting the United Way of Fort Smith Area on April 22.
The event will take place at Fianna Hills Country Club.
Click here for information on signing up.
Day of Caring is coming soon, April 23rd is the big day!!!
Everyone be watching the mail next week for our Day of Caring Coordinator Guide’s.
We will be mailing them out early next week.
We will also be posting the projects here on the website so that signing up will be easy.
All you will need to do is fill out the form and click Submit!! Deadline for signing up is March 29th.
Be watching for the projects to go online, some of them fill up fast.
The date has been set for our 2013 Day of Caring.
The date this year will be, Tuesday, April 23rd.
Please mark your calendars, we would love to have you come out and volunteer with us.
More Information coming soon…
The United Way of the Fort Smith Area supports 34 organizations making a difference in the lives of thousands of our residents. Watch our new video and learn more.
In 2011 we raised over $2.2 million dollars to help our 34 community partners in six counties. Learn more by accessing our interactive Annual Report here.
Create memories with your loved ones this holiday season. Learn more about our volunteer and donation opportunities in Western Arkansas.