EverHope

10/20/2026

Want to volunteer in Bentonville, but don't know how to get started? Come see us at the City Expo Community Volunteer Fair today at 4:30PM!

10/19/2026

Santa's EverHope workshop is officially OPEN! And we need elves. Lots of elves.

If you're interested in volunteering to help sort and wrap presents, host an angel tree, organize a donation drive, or help us deck our halls with holiday cheer, pop over to our holiday helpers page and sign up!

Holiday helper info: everhope.org/holiday-helpers
Sign-up form: bit.ly/holidayhelperform

We know it's early, but we have so many kids and families counting on us this year that Santa's already working overtime!

10/19/2026

What does it look like to connect a community to a mission?

For Courtney Voigt, EverHope Chief Development Officer, it means building relationships, creating opportunities to give, and, most importantly, staying close to the children and families at the heart of the work.

In the latest issue of Celebrate Arkansas, Courtney shares what inspires her, reflects on a record-setting Vintner Dinner, and talks about how EverHope is growing to meet the needs of children in foster care across Northwest Arkansas.

Read more in Celebrate Arkansas to learn about Courtney, her work, and the heart behind it.

As Chief Development Officer for EverHope Children’s Shelter, Courtney Voigt helps connect the community with an organization serving children from birth to 18. She oversees fundraising, donor engagement, grants, corporate partnerships, events, and community engagement, while leading a team that helps raise the roughly $5 million EverHope needs each year beyond state contracts. For all the strategy and relationship-building her role requires, Voigt says some of the most rewarding parts of the job happen in the everyday moments with the kids: sharing meals, attending field days, watching basketball games, and participating in cooking classes with Youth Care staff: “Getting those genuine moments with the kids and being part of moments of joy are incredibly meaningful. When I think about kids who have been impacted by trauma and are in foster care, many times it is one person investing in them and really listening who can make the biggest difference in their lives.”

Check out our Q+A with Voigt in the October issue.

10/17/2026

10/15/2026

This Saturday, something special is coming for foster families in Northwest Arkansas!

On Saturday, October 17, foster, kinship, and fictive kin families are invited to a special gift distribution made possible through Fellowship Bible Church and Every Child Arkansas.

Families can stop by either location to pick up free gifts for children and foster parents, enjoy fun and games, connect with local foster care resources, and celebrate the families who make such a difference in the lives of children.

Washington & Madison Counties:
The CALL
2707 Church St., Springdale
10:00–11:30 a.m.

Benton & Carroll Counties:
EverHope
860 NW Vaughn Rd., Bentonville
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Activities at this location include a bounce house, hot chocolate, and games!

We’re grateful for the many organizations coming together to celebrate and support foster families across Northwest Arkansas.

A big thank-you to DCFS and Every Child Arkansas for coordinating this partnership, Fellowship Bible Church for generously providing the gifts, and The CALL and EverHope for serving as host locations.

Foster families, we hope to see you there!

10/15/2026

Sometimes something is so important, you need to say it more than once. That’s why we’re reposting this video from EverHope Foster Care Director Brandy Shioyama about EverHope’s approach to answering questions about fostering.

When you contact us with your questions about fostering, we respond with honesty and zero pressure. Always.

Why? Because choosing to foster is one of the most serious decisions you can make, and we want people to make it having full confidence they’re doing the right thing for the foster child entering their care and for their existing family.

That means we’ll tell you about all the incredible aspects of fostering: the difference you’ll make in a child’s (or multiple children’s) life, the tender moments of trust and joy, and the 24-7 support you’ll have from the EverHope foster team. We also are real about the challenges of supporting a foster child who has experienced trauma.

Bottom line? If you have even a faint thought that you might be a foster parent at heart, contact us.

Visit everhope.org/foster-care (link in bio)
Call (479) 435-1380
Email [email protected]

We’re here to help you find your path, either into fostering, or into supporting children in another way that makes more sense for you.

10/14/2026

You showed up with full kickball energy and helped raise over $135,000!

Our 16th annual Kickball for the Kids, presented by PepsiCo, brought our community together at Memorial Park to support children and youth in crisis.

And we’ve got some winners to celebrate!

Tournament Winner: Walmart’s Merchants of Mayhem
Spirit Award Winner: Miller Zell
Top Fundraising Team: Ozark Primary Care Plus’s Medically Cleared

Every dollar raised helps EverHope provide a safe haven for children and youth throughout Arkansas and support them as they move from crisis toward stability and adulthood.

To everyone who played, cheered, volunteered, sponsored, or fundraised: thank you for showing up!

See the photos, highlights, and favorite moments in our full recap >>
https://everhope.org/blog/2026-kickball-for-the-kids

We’ll see you on the field in 2027!

10/12/2026

Imagine you’ve been removed from your home. Put in a car. Taken hours away from your neighborhood, your school, your friends. Due to a critical foster home shortage, this is the reality for about 50% of children entering foster care.

We’re urgently recruiting new foster families, and you can help! Our goal is to recruit 10 new foster families by the end of the year.

One email to a friend, family member, or colleague you think would like to foster could mean a child stays close to home during an already difficult time. Our infosheet makes it simple to explain how EverHope’s fostering program works!

Download it here >> https://everhope.org/10-family-challenge

Sending it to just two or three people expands our recruiting circle exponentially!

10/09/2026

Sharing a fantastic video from our friends at 3W Magazine of our Kickball for Kids event today! What an amazing community of supporters! On behalf of all the kids in our care, thank you. 😊

10/09/2026

For students who have experienced trauma to succeed, they need support both in and out of the classroom. That’s why the EverHope school project takes a three-pronged approach to trauma-responsive education:

- Guidance and family support services before/after school and in the home to strengthen home–school dynamics

- On-campus behavioral crisis teams and specialized teacher support to reduce behavioral challenges within the classroom

- Trauma-informed strategies for educators that improve classroom stability and student engagement

Learn more about the wrap-around philosophy that makes the EverHope school project unique at everhope.org/school-project