Stories tagged with: program
United Way of Southeast Arkansas announces food backpack program for students
A United Way of Southeast Arkansas partner Agency Delta Network Foodbank is taking care of our school children by continuing their very important “Backpack Program”.
Each school has a list of students that receive a backpack of food each weekend to help with the child’s... Read More.
Distracted Driving Program Offered
Every time we venture onto the roadway, we encounter an ever increasing epidemic that is injuring hundreds of thousands of people and killing thousands. This epidemic is DISTRACTED DRIVING. Whether it is a dangerous deadly habit of our own or another vehicle on the... Read More.
Arkansas Selects five for Delta Leadership Program
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA REGION – The State of Arkansas is sending five leaders from the state, including two from Southeast Arkansas to the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) Delta Leadership Institute (DLI.) They will join fellows from the seven other Delta states to participate in... Read More.
Arkansas Selects Local Leader for Delta Leadership Program
Dr. Suzzette Shaw Goldmon, Director of Hospitality and Tourism Initiatives at The University of Arkansas at Monticello will participate in the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) Delta Leadership Institute (DLI.) She will join fellows from the seven other Delta states to participate in the 10-month... Read More.
FREE After School Program Offered by Cherry Street Memorial AME Zion Church
A FREE after school program will be offered to children ages 1-18.
The program will be offered Monday-Thursday now until September 30, 2020. It will include nutritious meals, educational activities, tutoring, social skills and lots of fun. Snacks and dinner will be served daily. Snacks... Read More.
Mayor’s office pilots “Each One Reach One” mentorship program
With the goal of creating supportive relationships that will help young people succeed, the Mayor's office and partners have developed a citywide mentorship program with existing and new mentors.
This effort supports both boys and girls, ages 3 - 18, in the City of Pine... Read More.
McGehee High School selected to participate in Teen Mental Health Pilot Program
NEWS RELEASE: McGehee High School is one of 35 schools selected by the National Council for Behavioral Health, with support from Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, to participate in the country’s expanded teen Mental Health First Aid pilot program in January 2020.
The school,... Read More.
$1.5 Million Allocated to Create Free Legal Services Program for Veterans
NEWS RELEASE- Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Attorney Gen. Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday that their offices will each allocate $750,000 to create the University of Arkansas Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic. The first clinic of its kind in... Read More.
UAM Announces $1.5 M Estate Gift for Nursing Program
Chancellor Karla Hughes of the University of Arkansas at Monticello announced a landmark gift to the institution Thursday night at the School of Nursing Graduate Recognition Ceremony.
It is the second-largest single gift in the university’s history – an estate gift worth an estimated $1.5... Read More.
My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper Program Launches in Pine Bluff
My Brother’s Keeper Alliance is an initiative was launched in 2015 under the Obama Foundation. Its focus is building safe and supportive communities for boys and young men of color and is an alliance where they will feel valued and have clear pathways to... Read More.
Free Tax Preparation Program In Pine Bluff
The Pine Bluff Wealth Building Coalition and Mayor Shirley Washington held a meeting at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center to announce that they will offer free, advance tax preparation for residents who make $54,000 or less per year.
Rev. Jesse Turner of the Pine... Read More.

