Helaine Williams

HIGH FIVES FOR FOWLER Giving banker

Banquet lassoes funds for youth ranches

For his “giving spirit,” “faith in God and country,” and “excellence through habit,” Wallace Fowler of Jonesboro — chairman and chief executive officer of Liberty Bank of Arkansas — was honored at the 14th annual Arkansas Children’s Award Dinner.
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Ho-hum Christmas decorations liven up with fresh evergreens and berries

The use of greenery in Christmas decorations is traditional. A plush fir wreath on the door or a pine garland snaking down a stair rail, threaded with ornaments, berries and fancy ribbons, just says Christmas.
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Easy does it when trimming the home

Jill Helmer, co-author of Evergreen: Decorating With Colours of the Season, offers these additional tips to keep your Christmas decorating simple, tasteful and worry-free.
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Volunteers give premature babies a nurturing touch

One would think the baby was Bill Whatley’s grandchild.
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Requirements for volunteering

So you think you can be a volunteer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital? They would love to have you.
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Sylvia Carmelita Caruth Smith

Growing up in segregated Little Rock, Carmelita Smith learned from her parents to look beyond race.Today, she is manager of diversity at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and heads the local chapter of one of the nation’s oldest and largest black women’s volunteer organizations. Carmelita Smith grew up black in segregated Little Rock but led a life that, thanks to the careful nurturing of her parents, insulated her from the ugly side of racial bias.
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EASTER SEALS ARTISTS Art with heart

Youngsters’ creations help finance charity’s programs

Artwork by 2-year-old John Hardin Bale IV served as the signature piece for Art & Soul 2009, a Nov. 6 “art auction extraordinaire” and fundraiser for Easter Seals Arkansas. The event was held at M2 Gallery in Little Rock’s Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center.
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DINING WITH HEROES Red Cross lauds people who take risks for others

“The Faces of Heroism” was the theme of the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas’ 2009 Arkansas Heroes Celebration, presented by Verizon. Nearly 300 people attended the sixth annual awards dinner and fundraiser, held Nov.
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LET’S TALK In regard to gift-giving, it’s the deviousness that counts

It’s mid-November and the Christmas-gift commercials are creeping in.
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CATWALK FOR A CAUSE Silent auction plus fashions hit the Autumn Runway

Local pastors’ wives and other women of faith graced the catwalk during Autumn Runway, the 2009 fundraising luncheon and fashion show sponsored by the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary. The event, preceded by a rack sale and silent auction, took place Oct. 29 at Embassy Suites in Little Rock.
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