BOST boosters joined the nonprofit organization on March 3 for the 21st annual Grape Escapes: MORE than a Vine Affair. The benefit took place at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education - Research Institute for the first time and offered guests the opportunity to sample wines, a beer garden, cigar bar and an all-online auction.
"I m committed to health transformation," Alice Walton, founder of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM), told those gathered at the March 30 groundbreaking for the school in Bentonville. "I m so excited about bringing art, nature, architecture, health and wellness and innovation together on one campus . I m particularly excited to explore that whole connection between art and healing."
"I m committed to health transformation," Alice Walton, founder of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine (AWSOM), told those gathered at the March 30 groundbreaking for the school in Bentonville. "I m so excited about bringing art, nature, architecture, health and wellness and innovation together on one campus . I m particularly excited to explore that whole connection between art and healing."
Pathway to Freedom proponents joined the nonprofit organization March 1 to mark its 10-year anniversary with a celebratory dinner at Osage House in Cave Springs. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee provided keynote remarks, and Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin was the guest speaker. The celebration helped the group raise more than $98,000.
The American Heart Association marked "99 Years of Saving Lives" at the annual Heart Ball on Feb. 24 at the Rogers Convention Center. The benefit s 850 guests helped the nonprofit organization raise some $850,000 to help support its mission to be "a relentless force for a world of longer healthier lives," Andi Clinton, corporate market director for the Heart Ball, tells me. Sheila Gamble of Sanofi and Vinima Shekhar of Walmart served as this year s Heart Ball chairwomen.