Highlands
Highlands Oncology Group, Northwest Arkansas’ leading cancer treatment group, has been recognized by the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas with the Corporate Sponsorship of the Arts Award for their contributions to SoNA, and music education in the region, for more than 20 years.
Highlands Oncology Group has provided support to SoNA since 1996. The group offers financial support to the symphony, sponsors one concert a year and encourages symphonic music education throughout the region. Dr Malcolm Hayward of Highlands Oncology has served multiple terms on the SoNA Board of Directors and the group’s sponsorships have helped reach about 15,000 people yearly through concerts, open rehearsals and educational programs.
Lee Elementary
United Bank presented 500 sets of hats and gloves to the children at Lee Elementary School in Springdale on Dec. 19.
The employees at United Bank were looking for ways to make a difference in their community and reached out to Lee Elementary in early November to see what they could do to help the students at the school for the holidays. After some discussion between the principal of the school and the United Bank employees, it was decided that providing a new set of hats and gloves for all of the students at the school would be the most beneficial.
Lee Elementary has approximately 490 students and the bank employees were able to pull together 500 sets of gloves and hats to send home with the students before they left for their holiday break.
Dental services
A $30,295 grant from the Blue and You Foundation will help dental hygiene students at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith provide preventive dental services to children in low-income families in the Fort Smith area.
The grant will fund the “After School Smilz” program in the College of Health Sciences at UAFS, through which dental hygiene students will provide dental care to at-risk children in the area who lack access to dental care.
The selected target elementary schools located in Fort Smith are Albert Pike, Howard, Trusty, Tilles and Spradling. Preventive services provided will include a dental cleaning, radiographs, oral hygiene education, fluoride treatment, and examination by a dentist and sealants if indicated. Students that require urgent care will be aided in finding a dental facility for treatment. The funds will subsidize dental supplies, while the students and faculty members are volunteering their time for the program.
The UAFS Foundation was one of 40 organizations to receive a grant from the organization, which granted a total of $2.3 million to health initiatives across the state.
Information: uafs.edu.
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