Northwest Arkansas Childrens Shelter

Archives for May 2020

Greer Named Employee of the Quarter

Congratulations to Janet Greer – our Employee of the Quarter! Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Janet has volunteered to pick up extra shifts on top of her regular schedule to make sure that our kids are always well taken care of. Janet has shown amazing patience, especially with a few of our kids who need one-on-one […]

Taylor Joins Board of Directors

We are happy to announce the addition of Landon Taylor to our board of directors! Landon currently serves as Bank President, CCO and COO of First Western. Landon has served on the Finance Committee of the NWACS Board since January 2018 and his more than 22 years of experience in banking and lending have been […]

Bequette Promoted to Director

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Krystal Bequette to Director of Human Resources and Administration for the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter. This promotion recognizes the contributions Krystal has made to the Shelter since she started with us in October 2017. Throughout her time at the Shelter, she has never hesitated to step in […]

Sliker Joins Board of Directors

We are happy to welcome Jim Sliker to our board of directors! Jim currently serves as the CEO of Central States Mfg, Inc., a 100% employee-owned company and leader in the metal building components industry. As CEO, Jim has encouraged the organization to challenge the status quo and find new opportunities which has resulted in revenue […]

Dinkla Joins Board of Directors

We are happy to announce the addition of Jess Dinkla to our board of directors! Jess currently serves as a Sales Director for The Hershey Company. During his tenure with the company he has held a variety of leadership roles within the sales, strategy, operations, and marketing functions. Jess has had the good fortune of […]

Jenny

Jenny fought her whole life to be free of abuse and neglect. She finally escaped that world and arrived at the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter where she immediately began to thrive.

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Meet Jenny

Jenny fought her whole life to be free of abuse and neglect. She finally escaped that world and arrived at the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter where she immediately began to thrive. For the first time in 17 years, she imagined living a normal life just like every other high school student. This included a wish to go to high school prom.

Casey, her case manager during her stay at the Children’s Shelter, shares:

“My heart is filled with so much joy! I got the privilege to go to prom with one of my kiddos from the shelter. No, it wasn’t a typical prom situation, but when a kiddo finally escapes abuse for the first time in 17 years, we do all we can to make it a perfect night for her. She is strong, resilient, courageous, unique, ambitious and unassuming. She inspires me and she is one of the million reasons I will never stop fighting for these kids. Prom night was a sweet reminder that no matter how many hard days we have to face, these special moments make every single hard day completely worth it. If these kiddos can endure years and years of abuse, then we can endure an infinite number of hard days. We have to, because they need us.”

Casey Krisell, Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter Case Manager

I rode on a tire swing for the first time!

Mitchell, age 10

I went to the on-site school which I liked because it gave me one-on-one time and that’s what I needed to help get my grades up and catch up on all my credits so I can graduate. I would like to thank all of the staff at the Shelter for making me and my son feel safe and taken care of.

Teresa, age 17

The Shelter is a perfect placement for all ages. It’s a safe place where all of my needs were met so I could spend more time on things I needed to work on – like graduating! The Shelter helped me so much!

Danielle, age 16