Daily Archives: February 3, 2024

City of Fayetteville  Contact: Bonnie Pay Bolinger Senior Administrative Assistant II Office of the Mayor bbolinger@fayetteville-ar.gov Blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, on Downtown Square FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville will host a blood drive Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Downtown Square. The blood drive is being held in partnership with Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), which will have its “Bloodmobile” on hand to collect donations. CBCO is the sole provider of blood and plasma to the 44 area healthcare facilities. Local donors are needed to continue to provide for local […]

Thurs March 14 – The Folk School – 6:00-8:00 pm I’m offering a workshop for poets and song lyric writers on March 14 at the Folk School of Fayetteville. Here’s the description from the folkschooloffayetteville.org website, where you can go to sign up if you’d like to take part:  WORKSHOP FEE: $25 March 14, 6PM – 8PM Attunements for the Earth (Writing Workshop) Hosted by Geoff Oelsner A contemplative writing workshop for poets and song lyricists In this workshop, I’ll share how I learned attunement, a practice that incorporates both receptive, meditative silence and free writing, 55 years ago at the phenomenal Findhorn Community […]

Request from Good Shepherd Shelter Project I’m super pleased to report that our shower project is moving forward quickly. We have a bid under review from a contractor and may begin work as soon as February.  As a reminder, our church is converting an under-utilized space attached to our community center into (an ADA accessible) three showers and a bathroom. It will be a facility available for use by all and perhaps especially for those who shelter at our church. A generous donor has designated a matching grant toward the completion of the showers. All donations between now and March […]