Northwest Arkansas Childrens Shelter

Needs List

Our Current Needs

We are so grateful to the Northwest Arkansas community for their generosity. It is only with community support that we can continue to provide a safe haven and loving care to the children who need us the most. Click the buttons below to find out how you can help meet the needs of the children in our care.

Clothing
Food
Snacks
General Needs
Walmart Registry

Drop Off Donations

At this time, only fresh produce and perishable food items are being accepted at the Shelter location.

Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter
850 NW Vaughn Road
Bentonville, AR 72713
Donations are accepted Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.

All other donations are being accepted at
The Shelter Shop
2700 W Walnut
Rogers, AR 72758
Donations are accepted Thursday through Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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’m so glad that I got to spend my 12th birthday here at the Shelter. It was truly the best!

Marly, age 12

I like the Shelter because we get new stuff, like clothes, and we get to go outside and play kickball.

Adam, age 6

I tried a cupcake for the first time.

Kylee, age 6