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Hendrix Alumni Association announces 2026 award recipients

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Hendrix CollegeFebruary 20,2026Read the full announcement here! Congrats to our Executive Director, Ben Goodwin, this year’s recipient of the Hendrix College Humanitarian Award, as well as our board member, Cara Connors, recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award! The Hendrix College Alumni Association will honor four award recipients at its annual awards brunch on Saturday, April […]

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Our House shelter expands capacity in central Arkansas

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THV 11 Newsby Brooke BucknerSeptember 22, 2022 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than 2,000 Arkansans faced homelessness in 2021 according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.   Now, one organization in central Arkansas has plans to cut that number down by expanding its capacity to serve more people.  At Our House shelter in Little Rock,

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$2.5 million in donations pushes Arkansas’ Our House closer to $16 million goal for building expansion

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Arkansas Democrat Gazetteby Teresa MossSeptember 25, 2022 Our House, a nonprofit dedicated to serving homeless Arkansans, announced Thursday $2.5 million in donations, bringing the organization near the finish line of its campaign to raise $16 million for a building expansion set to open next year. Ben Goodwin, executive director, told a crowd during an official

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A Legacy to Remember

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Joe Flaherty, the founding Executive Director of Our House, passed away this week, and I wanted to share the news with the broader Our House community and to reflect a bit on Joe’s life and legacy. Joe lived a life marked by service to others. He had a distinguished career in the armed forces followed

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HIGH PROFILE: A Rhodes Scholar, Ben Goodwin is the unlikely leader of nonprofit Our House

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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

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Homeless Shelter Uses Feedback to Help Its Clients Regain Independence

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Click here to watch the Stanford Innovation Social Review’s full video on Our House’s use of feedback! In Little Rock, Arkansas, Our House provides shelter and support for homeless families and individuals. The nonprofit, led by Executive Director Ben Goodwin, encourages its clients to provide daily feedback to help them regain their independence and improve Our House’s

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