September 27 - October 3, 2009

What is Hope Week?      Click Here to Print Calendar

Hope Week is a unique community-wide, week-long series of events and activities designed to salute and highlight the spirit of Hope and its importance in the life of our community. Hope Week is rooted in the belief that acts of goodwill are virtually always related to more beneficial life outcomes.

Anyone can be a part of Hope Week.  Expressions and demonstrations of Hope vary greatly, and that variety is encouraged during the week. Past events have involved groups and individuals in a variety of activities that included: household item collection for the Women's Crisis Center, food drives for the Food Bank, job fairs, pet adoptions, mentoring by sororities at area schools, hopeful art exhibitions, carnivals for special needs children, self esteem seminars for girls, knitting & crocheting, office projects at area non-profits, and testimonies of hope from cancer survivors.  The projects have been as varied as the groups involved.  The one constant has been and continues to be the emphasis on celebrating and fostering Hope.

A great way to participate in Hope Week is the Wall of Hope.  You can create a Wall of Hope by selling paper Hope Dandelions to post on a wall or window in your business.  The Hope Dandelions are $1.00 each.

Hope Week Themes   

Important Links -

*Hope Week Calendar

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Hope Week Information

Wall of Hope Flyer

Hope Week Poster

Hope is like the dandelion gently blowing across the fields
Hope flourishes in unexpected places and thrives in unfertile soil
Hope spreads rapidly and is very difficult to kill. And, Hope always brings a smile to the face of everyone it touches
Hope is – the breath of life

- Saluting -

Jonesboro - a Hope filled community for 150 years

ASU - Powering minds and fostering Hope for 100 years

Wall of Hope - a great way to participate in Hope Week

Spreading the Message of Hope for $1.00

Wall of Hope Participants

Sale of Hope Dandelions for Walls of Hope

• ASU - Activities celebrating ASU’s centennial - www2.astate
• Bruce Barnes - Creating Hope Through Shards of Glass distribution
  of glass jewelry to cancer patients
• Children’s Advocacy Center - Art Project with Valley View art students and ASU Sociology of Family Violence graduate students (frame & hang art)

• City of Jonesboro - Celebrating Jonesboro’s sesquicentennial - www.jonesboro.org
• Craighead County & Jonesboro Public Library - Distribute Hope Week bookmarks. www.libraryinjonesboro.org
• Curves - Pay no service fee ($100) if you bring 2 items (hats, scarves, etc.) for NEACCF HopeCircle patients. www.curves.com
• CRDC - Making and collecting handmade items for NEACCF HopeCircle Families
• Farm Credit Midsouth - Collect household items for HIPPY, Blue Jean Friday monetary drive for NEACCF HopeCircle. Farmcreditmidsouth website
• First United Methodist Church - Publicizing Hope all month. First United Methodist Church website
• NEACCF HopeBuilders - Make and distribute bookmarks to patients - NEACCF Hope Builders
• Jonesboro Christian Church - Food Drive for the Food Bank, 935-3845
• Jonesboro Housing - Household item collection for families in need
• Jonesboro Metro Rotary Club - Clothing Drive for Woman’s Discovery Center -Rotary Club of Jonesboro Metro
• LensMasters - Free eyewear for children who need and cannot afford it - LensMasters
• NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital - All Month - Food Drive for the NEA Food Bank - www.neabaptist.com
• NEA Clinic - Collecting items for Bags of Hope - www.neaclinic.com
• NEA Clinic Eye Center - Free eye exams for underprivileged children - NEA Clinic Eye Center
• Riverside School District (East & West Elementary, Junior High, and High School) - collecting snacks for the chemo. patients- riverside.k12.ar
• Society of Human Resource Managers - Collecting canned food for The Food Bank. www.SHRM.org
• The Foundation of Arts - Discount tickets for “The Legend of Sleepy
  Hollow, Sherry Beatty; 932-2726 - The Foundation of Arts
• The Woman’s Discovery Center & March of Dimes - Mom and child card making projects - www.thewomansdiscoverycenter.org  www.marchofdimes.com
• Union Pacific Railroad - "Operation Lifesaver of Arkansas", Free safety training for businesses and schools - www.up.com

Farm Credit Midsouth Help with “Pizza Ranch” to celebrate Agriculture Day.

Farmcreditmidsouth website

POSTPONED - DUE TO WEATHER.

NEA Clinic Women's Clinic Cook Out Flyer