Month: October 2014

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Rising numbers of homeless in NWA

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In Northwest Arkansas, the Genesis House, a non-profit organization, is helping people understand what it is like to spend a day in the life of the homeless. According to projecthome.org, during 2013, there were 610, 042 homeless across the United States of America. Of that 610,042, 394,698 live in shelters, […]

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NWA calls for immigration reform

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A growing number of immigrants have flocked to Northwest Arkansas each year for the past few decades. According to NWA Online, “About 1 in 6 Benton and Washington county residents are Hispanic immigrants from more than 20 Latin American countries. They number some 74,000, 20 times the Hispanic population in […]

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Enactus business plan benefits non-profit in need

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John Brown University’s Enactus team has been working with the Siloam Springs Adult Development Center for almost a year and a half, producing marketing plans and research to help make the center more self-sufficient with regards to funding. After months of planning and an unsuccessful first attempt, the Enactus team […]