GoMommaNWA.com connects moms to the mission of local service organizations. Want to teach your kids about service? Want to be involved in your community? Want to help others less fortunate? We encourage you to learn about these organizations and find one that you or your family might support through a gift of time or resources.
Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org/
479-575-9696
We are a Christian based organization whose mission is to end poverty housing in Washington County Arkansas by building decent, affordable homes for extremely low income families. We build and sell houses to extremely low-income families, primarily single mothers, who would not qualify for a conventional mortgage in order to purchase a home. We rely on volunteer assistance to build these houses in order to keep the cost of construction to a minimum.
United Way of Northwest Arkansas
www.unitedwaynwa.org
877-750-1221
Today, more than ever, United Way is working to address the issues Northwest Arkansas cares about most. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes. We believe that all people in Northwest Arkansas deserve the opportunity to have a better life. When any one of us succeeds, we all succeed. At United Way we refer to it as "advancing the good of all."
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas
www.bbbsnwa.org
479-756-5683
Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States. We have been the leader in one-to-one youth service for mroe than a century, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young people. Big Brother Big Sisters mentors children, ages 6 - 18, in communities across the country - including Northwest Arkansas.
Rogers Little Theater
www.rogerslittletheater.org
479-631-8988
RLT is a non-profit, community theater housed in the historic Victory Theater in downtown Rogers. RLT is comprised of an entirely volunteer cast and production crew.
American Diabetes Association - Northwest Arkansas
www.diabetes.org
479-464-4121
The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
YouthBridge, Inc.
www.youthbridge.com
479-575-9471
YouthBridge is northwest Arkansas' leading provider of comprehensive care to troubled teens and their families. We offer outpatient therapy and counseling, residential substance abuse treatment, emergency shelter, academic and social support, a therapeutic group home for teens involved in the juvenile justice system, and a thransitional living program for homeless young adults.
CASA of Northwest Arkansas, Inc.
www.nwacasa.org
479-725-2213
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Northwest Arkansas is a nonprofit organization serving abused or neglected children under the supervision of the Juvenile Courts of Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington Counties. CASA volunteers help to make up a team of professionals who work in the best interest of abused and neglected children in order to permanently place them in loving and stable environments.
Fayetteville Meals on Wheels
479-571-2920
We deliver meals to homebound seniors in our community. In addition to hot meals we also deliver frozen meals to seniors who live too far to deliver to on a daily basis. Anyone in our service area who is 60 years or older, is homebound and has no reliable means of obtaining lunch is eligible to recieve Meals on Wheels. There are no income requirements.
March of Dimes
www.marchofdimes.org
479-751-5475
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community service, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.