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Sam\u2019s furniture hosted the inaugural Honoring of Heroes Gala, raising over $100,000 to benefit combat veterans and supporting non-profits such as REBOOT Combat Recovery, Military Warriors support, and local non-profit- Sheepdog Impact Assistance.
Each year Sam\u2019s Furniture gives away over $35,000 towards our Teachers Home Makeovers, reaching out to those who love and teach our kids, so well. Sam\u2019s Furniture also began supporting the NWA Children\u2019s Safety Center upon hearing dramatic statistics of how many children benefit from this organization.
Sam\u2019s Furniture has also partnered with The Call NWA in supporting area foster families, aiding in their exponential growth and increasing fundraising by over 200% since 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when a local furniture retailer suddenly had to close their doors with no notice to their customers, Sam\u2019s furniture took action by fulfilling those customer invoices at no cost.
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2018 Ambassador of the Year: Mary Ann Akers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ambassador Committee serves as\nthe liaison between the Chamber and our members. They participate in a variety\nof activities designed to welcome, orient and involve the membership in Chamber\nactivities and promote a better understanding of the Chamber\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary Ann has shown outstanding dedication, service and enthusiasm for our community. This Ambassador volunteered her time at numerous functions, welcoming new businesses to the chamber and attending over 85 ribbon cuttings in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A true catalyst for our Ambassador\nprogram, Mary Ann stepped up to be the Chair of the Ambassador Committee,\nholding the position with dignity and honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elbert S. Graham\/Elza Tucker Award: Bette Tatum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our highest award for outstanding service to the community of Lowell is the prestigious Elbert S. Graham\/Elza Tucker Award, recognizing an individual for significant contribution to the betterment of the Lowell community. This award was first made to Elza Tucker, who passed away this year at the age of 100, in 1977. This year we honor Bette Tatum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Former President of the Lowell\nKiwanis Club, Bette organized the Family Christmas food baskets, was instrumental\nin the Lowell Kiwanis sale of poinsettias for the Lowell Children Christmas\nfund, and shops every year for under privileged kids at Christmas. Bette is a\nhuge supporter of the Arkansas Children\u2019s Hospital walk for kids. She has served First Baptist Church of Lowell\nin many ways through the years,\nincluding organizing and overseeing the food pantry. She started a program\ncalled Angie\u2019s Closet that provides clothes to those in need and is named after\nlongtime Lowell leader Angie Bishop. She was in charge of the kitchen at First\nBaptist Lowell and has prepared enough meals to literally feed thousands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bette is always out front leading the effort to help a family in need with food, clothes and even furniture.\u00a0There are so many ways that Bette has served her community it is virtually impossible to count.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Spirit Award: Northwest Arkansas Food Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/strong>Spirit Award, which began in 1983, is given to a business, organization, or group of individuals that have engaged in unusually significant, worthwhile activities benefiting the community and \/ or the region. Tonight, we award the NWA Food Bank with this special award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank was\nchartered in 1988 by a group of concerned citizens who felt strongly that those\nneighbors who struggled to put food on the table needed help, and for 30 years\nthe Food Bank has done just that, distributing over 100 Million pounds of food\nto those in need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a member of Feeding America, the\nNorthwest Arkansas Food Bank serves Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington\nCounties, and assists others in need regardless of their locations by regularly\nsharing excess product with Foodbanks across Arkansas and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are approximately 65,000 food\ninsecure residents of the four counties. \nLast year the Food Bank set the aggressive goal that by the year 2025\neach of the four counties 65,000 food insecure residents will have reasonable\naccess to all the food they need. \nMoreover, 75 % of that food would be defined as nutritious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of the food insecure of\nnorthwest Arkansas are served through food pantries, 160 of which partner with\nthe Northwest Arkansas Food Bank to receive over 75% of the food they\ndistribute. The Food Bank has expanded\ntheir own mobile distribution service to 12 locations, and recently supported\nlocal unpaid TSA agents by sending the Food Bank\u2019s mobile pantry to XNA\nRegional Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirty years after it began, the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank approaches every day with the same thought, \u201cOne hungry person is one too many.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dick Trammel Rogers Good Neighbor Award: Dick Trammel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dick Trammel Rogers Good Neighbor Award was first awarded in 1974. It is the Rogers community\u2019s highest honor. The award is presented each year in recognition of an individual who has contributed to the betterment of Rogers and Northwest Arkansas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From its beginning, this award is about the impact someone makes to our community and to and to those who live and work here. And bears the name of our biggest cheerleader, Dick Trammel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This recipient has defined his profession, his state, his region, and his community. He has mentored hundreds of individuals and spent untold hours helping the less fortunate. If there is a worthy cause he\u2019s leading the way with word and deed. He lives by the motto one of his mentors who said, \u201cIt\u2019s not what you gather in life, it\u2019s what you scatter\u201d<\/em> When he\u2019s around \u201cEvery Day is Like Christmas\u201d Our Dick Trammel Good Neighbor Award winner, is Dick Trammel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congratulations to all of our award winners! We look forward to our 98th Celebration of Business & Community in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its 97th Annual Celebration of Business & Community February 2 at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. 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