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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
* view calendar below
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
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Wall of Hope - a great way to participate in Hope Week
Spreading the Message of Hope for $1.00
Wall of Hope Participants
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Celebration of Hope Week Events - Click for Day for Events |
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Thursday |
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Sale of Hope Dandelions for Walls of Hope
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All Week |
- 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
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| Churches to Highlight Hope |
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| Mid-South Health Systems collection of canned good for Food Bank. Mid-South Health Systems |
| StaffMark Resume Building, 3009 E. Nettleton, Shannon Hamrick, 932-9600. www.staffmark.com |
8 am - 4 pm |
| Tropical Smoothie Deliver lunch to cancer patients. www.tropicalsmoothie.com |
Lunch |
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| Mid-South Health Systems collection of slightly worn winter coats for
men/women who are chronically mentally ill & served by Mid-South. Mid-South Health Systems |
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Farm Credit Midsouth Help with “Pizza Ranch” to celebrate Agriculture
Day.
Farmcreditmidsouth website |
| Mid-South Health Systems Brown Bag Lunch - Short films on hope for
depression and illness suffered by children; (Mid-South will provide drinks
and deserts. Mid-South Health Systems |
| StaffMark Job Fair, 3009 E. Nettleton, Shannon Hamrick,
932-9600. www.staffmark.com |
Donna Cullison with Pruitt Promotions Sandwich tray to chemo
patients. Pruittpromotions.com |
Lunch |
Andy’s Frozen Custard Ice Cream for Pizza Farm for Valley View
2nd Graders at St. Bernards’ Auditorium. www.eatandys.com |
11 am |
Agriculture Committee of Chamber of Commerce Pizza Farm for
Valley View 2nd Graders at St. Bernards’ Auditorium |
11 am |
Genentech FREE "Her Story" Breast Cancer Survivor's luncheon
Jonesboro Country Club - Call HopeCircle to register, 934-5214. Genentech Website |
11:30 am |
Genentech FREE “Living with Advanced Lung Cancer” Lunch
Jonesboro Country Club - Call HopeCircle to register, 934-5214. Genentech Website |
12:30 pm |
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| Delta Consolidated Deliver Sandwich Tray to Chemo Patients
Mid-South Health Systems collection of household items for elderly
(Ecumenical Center and Group Homes). www.deltastorage.com |
| Jonesboro University Rotary - Collecting Funds for gas cards for cancer patients. www.jonesborouniversityrotary.org |
| NEACCF HopeCircle - Creating Hope in an Hour (Learn to knit & crochet items for patients) HopeCircle, 311 E. Matthews, 934-5214. HopeCircle |
5 - 6 pm |
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| StaffMark Interview Building, 3009 E. Nettleton, Shannon
Hamrick, 932-9600. www.staffmark.com |
8 am - 4 pm |
| Mid-South Health Systems Free Hot dogs/drink/chips at Mid-South
as a “Thank You” and appreciation for the teamwork of area employees. Mid-South Health Systems |
Lunch |
POSTPONED - DUE TO WEATHER.
NEA Clinic Women's Clinic Cook Out Flyer
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| NEACCF ShareHope “A Walk of Remembrance and Hope” Craighead Forest, Access 6. Walk of Remembrance and Hope |
9 am - 12 pm |
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| 2008 Hope Week |
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