Northwest Arkansas Childrens Shelter

Starlight Gala

March 7
Featuring live performance by award-winning country music artist, Granger Smith

2020 STARLIGHT GALA
MARCH 7, 2020, JOHN Q. HAMMONS CENTER, ROGERS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5:30 PM
VIP EARLY CHECK-IN
6:00 PM
ARRIVAL AND CHECK-IN
HERSHEY WALL OF HOPE
INTRADECO COCKTAIL RECEPTION
SILENT AUCTION
BEVERAGE PULL WITH OZARK AXE HOUSE
7:00 PM
DINNER AND PROGRAM
LIVE AUCTION
8:45 PM
BREAK, SILENT AUCTION CLOSES AT 9:00 PM
9:00 PM
GRANGER SMITH PERFORMANCE
10:00 PM
PEPSICO AFTER PARTY

Presenting Sponsors

General Mills

Underwriter Sponsors

PepsiCo

Intradeco

Hershey

Walmart

Platinum Sponsors

Happy Egg

Kimberly Clark

Universal Pictures

Central Garden & Pet

Mitchell

Gold Sponsors

Hormel

Hachem Investments

Hachem Investments

Hachem Investments

Hachem Investments

Anheuser-Busch

3M

Whitaker Family Foundation

Silver Sponsors

Hamilton Beach

Harps

Post Consumer Brands

Simmons

Crossmark

Synchrony

Samsung

8th & Walton

Bronze Sponsors

Reliable Poultry

Ferrara Candy Company

Bayer

Springwoods Behavioral Health

Conagra

3M

Cliff & Claudia Gibbs

Cliff & Claudia Gibbs

Boston Mountain Money Management

Nestle Nutrition

Senator Bart & Ashley Hester

Senator Bart & Ashley Hester

Media Sponsors

3W

CitiScapes Magazine

Celebrate

KNWA

In-Kind Sponsors

Ozark Axe House

ROARK

Broadaway Printing

Century Sounds

Century Sounds

Century Sounds

Century Sounds

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

Thanks you NWACS, I now have a bright and successful future. I can’t say thank you enough and I will never forget the amazing people here.

Sammy, age 16

The Shelter felt like a family to me – always helping me when I needed it and making me feel at ease. I might be leaving, but a part of me is staying.

Chelle, age 16

Thank you for never giving up on me when I was lost.

Rachel, age 17