Couple gives $250,000 to Arkansas Children's Northwest for garden

SPRINGDALE -- Area business owner Aaron Marshall and his wife, Jaye T., are donating $250,000 to Arkansas Children's Northwest.

Aaron Marshall is the president and CEO of BCS, which specializes in retail infrastructure electronic repair and refurbishment, logistics, warehousing, and project management.

He received open-heart surgery in a pediatric facility in Los Angeles to correct a congenital heart defect when he was 18 months old.

"With my personal connection to the lifesaving care provided by a children's hospital, it's important to me and my family to have care close to home, and Arkansas Children's Northwest will provide access to pediatric health care to all children in the region," Marshall said in a news release.

"Being a parent of three healthy children, I have a better understanding of the sacrifices my parents went through to ensure I received quality care. I wanted to give back in a way that would honor my parents."

The donation will celebrate the life of Marshall's mother, Genola R. Marshall, with a butterfly garden on the grounds of Arkansas Children's Northwest. Features of the 37-acre Springdale campus also will include the Karen and Darren Horton Outdoor Dining Terrace, the Amelia Faulk Labyrinth and Nature Trail, and the Barbara and Randal Tyson Garden.

Arkansas Children's Northwest is being built on land donated by Robin and Gary George, Cathy and David Evans, and their families. The campus is on Interstate 49 between Don Tyson Parkway and U.S. 412, across from Arvest Ballpark.

Metro on 02/10/2017

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