Late Summer 2014
In this Issue: The first summer in our Children’s Center Summer VISTAS A Clickable Photo Tour Summer Videos
Our House (KATV Interview with Desirae Holmes)
Click Here to Watch Interview with Desirae Holmes By Matthew Carroll, Morning Executive Producer
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Woman’s dream of helping homeless spreads to 39 states
USA Today Being homeless as an adult is unimaginable and even more so if children are the ones who don’t have a place to call home. Many Little Rock, Arkansas families face this harsh reality daily. As a young girl growing up in Little rock, Georgia Mjartan, recognized the toll that homelessness was taking on
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My Town Hero: Arkansas woman makes huge difference in community
THV 11 (KTHV) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – A woman in Little Rock has dedicated her life to helping working homeless adults and their children stay together and live successful lives. Her passion to help others is what makes her so deserving of being featured as a My Town Hero. For Georgia Mjartan, there’s nothing
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Our House Children’s Center Grand Opening
By Little Rock Soiree Our House celebrated the grand opening of its new children’s center with donors and volunteers. The event included lunch, a carnival and family activities, as well as tours of the new facility. Georgia Mjartan with her parents, Peter and Karen Miller, and her daughter, Melody Jason Chacko, Susan Hunter, John Terry
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NPR Arkansas: Shakespeare at the Shelter
Shakespeare at the Shelter Segment by: Sarah Whiteskoditschek
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Our House takes on the Bard: Homeless adults do Shakespeare at the Shelter.
Arkansas Times By Clayton Gentry Photo by Brian Chilson Our House, a shelter for the working homeless on Roosevelt Road that houses approximately 120 people on any given night, hosted its third annual Shakespeare at the Shelter program Friday and Saturday night, with residents and alumni performing a collection of brief monologues and other bits
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Homeless get time to shine with Shakespeare
Arkansas Online By Jennifer Nixon Many people pretend the homeless don’t exist. But when they’re standing on a stage, reciting familiar, 500-year-old words, they’re hard to ignore. Shakespeare at the Shelter takes the working homeless, an often invisible population, and puts them square in the spotlight. This is the third year for Shakespeare at the
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It’s All for the Kids
At Home In Arkansas Styled By: Chip Jones Photographer: Rett Peek Author: Tiffany Burgess Adams For full photo gallery click here. Imagine a group of 50 children along with their teachers doing homework, playing games, and working on educational activities in a 65-year-old, 7,000-square-foot ambulance garage that is also shared with an adult learning center. Doesn’t
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Our House Children’s Center Welcomes 150 kids
THV Channel 11 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – One month after the new children’s center at Our House opened for summer camp, kids are thrilled to have a new place to spend their summer. “This is a really nice building because it gives you more space than the old building,” Dharma Wesley told THV. “My
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