Rock Town Distillery in Little Rock is using its “high proof spirits” to make hand sanitizer for the public to use during the coronavirus pandemic.
Businesses fighting to stay open during the COVID-19 crisis have a new way to spread the word. Two marketing companies, Mangan Holcomb Partners and Team SI, partnered with the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau to create UpLiftArkansas.com.
UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson said L’Oreal has never made hand sanitizer, but they’re committed to the state of Arkansas.
U.S. Representative Rick Crawford announced a new program that looks to connect farmers with those out of a job. The program is called Arkansas FARM Corps.
Some business owners are determined to keep paying their employees, even if it means not taking a paycheck themselves. With coronavirus concerns growing every day, the employees at M’s Daily Dose, a coffee shop in Greenbrier, are adjusting to some changes.
Support Local NWA allows shoppers to purchase gift cards to local businesses as a way to keep these shops open and money coming in. Thanks to the Tyson Family Foundation and the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, every dollar spent will be matched up to $100k as part of NWA Gives.
Arkansas Cinema Society’s third birthday party is “a little lonelier and more virtual than we had imagined,” its Facebook page reads, but the organization is marking it with a series of trivia questions and rewarding the responder with a $100 gift certificate to a local restaurant.
As shipments of personal protective equipment begin to trickle into Arkansas, Little Rock officials and donors are trying to fill the gaps by gathering and distributing private donations.
Pradco Outdoor Brands in Fort Smith usually manufactures fishing lures but after seeing a need from local hospitals, the team was challenged to make medical supplies.
Crystal Ridge Distillery in Hot Springs has joined the effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic by turning its drinkable alcohol into hand sanitizer.
BGC is donating $1 million to food banks across Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, along with matching customers’ donations up to $500,000 with the goal to help thousands of people at risk.
