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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Soiree. For full photo gallery, click here. More than 600 guests enjoyed dinner at the Terry House May 2. Guests at Our House’s ninth annual Dinner on the Grounds listened to live music by “Lagniappe” and played games at the fundraiser. Andrew and Yvette Parker were co-chairs of the event.
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Soiree. For more pictures and full article, click here. Photography by Rett Peek When husband-and-wife architecture team Jennifer Herron and Jeff Horton take on a new project, their approach is a little different than the rest. They immerse themselves in the culture and daily lives of the people who will be using their spaces; they