Reposted with approval from The Arkansas Democratic-Gazette Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series. When Darren Hendricks went to the homeless shelter at Our House in Little Rock in early 2017, his circumstances were less than ideal, but he was not as down and out as a person can get, and he […]
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Read the Democrat-Gazette’s full High Profile article here! Arkansas Democrat GazetteBy Werner TrieschmannDecember 15, 2019 This could easily be a different story about Ben Goodwin. This could be a story about how Goodwin, a native of Conway and graduate of Hendrix College, became one of the country’s leading lights in the field of mathematics. Perhaps
Click here to read the Gazette’s full story on the revamping of Our House’s Financial Empowerment series! Arkansas Democrat Gazette February 15, 2019 by Ginny Monk Little Rock, Ark. When Heather Meadors first went to Our House, a Little Rock homeless shelter, she was fresh out of prison and unsure how to move forward, but
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! By Hunter Field Photo by Staton Breidenthal May 2, 2018 Lauren Straub gingerly walked two men in suits through the rows of twin beds at a Little Rock homeless shelter Tuesday afternoon. The dozens of beds at Our House were immaculately made, except one near the middle
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article and view their photo gallery of the event! April 8, 2018 By Cary Jenkins Partygoers gathered around newspaper-covered tables centered with heaps of steaming potatoes, corn, crawfish and sausage on March 30 at War Memorial Stadium. The Heart of Our House hosted the crawfish boil with the
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article. February 19,2018 By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Staton Breidenthal Lindsey Fizer settled cross-legged on her gray couch. She swiped at a lock of her long, straight, strawberry hair that fell from behind her ear. Her face brightened as she broke into laughter. “I’m a little peculiar,” she
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article. By Ginny Monk Photo by Mitchell Masilun December 5, 2017 In 2015, Leslie Dean Drake’s friend found him dead in a van. Drake, 54, was found with his fists balled up on his chest in a 2000 Chrysler Town & Country van in west Little Rock, according
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! Check out our 30th anniversary publication here! November 8, 2017 By Jeannie Roberts Photo by Benjamin Krain A little over a month after he took the helm as the new executive director of the Little Rock homeless shelter Our House, Ben Goodwin told a group of supporters
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This editorial was originally published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on August 23rd. We’re excited to share this thoughtful piece with you as we begin a period of exciting changes at Our House.
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Click here to read the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s article! By Eric Besson Photo by Thomas Metthe August 20, 2017 A new Little Rock program paid for with federal tax dollars will connect former prison inmates with construction, restaurant and other high-demand jobs — and cover their minimum-wage paychecks for four months, officials said. Mayor Mark Stodola
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