Hot summer in a struggling economy has left more elderly and disabled customers than normal unable to pay their energy bills, nearly depleting the funds available to low-income Arkansans through Entergy Arkansas’s Power to Care program.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
The Community of Ruleville, Mississippi, commemorated the launch of the Ruleville community plan with a song written especially for the occasion, “Take Me to Ruleville.”
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Phillips County, Podcasts, Media, Delta Bridge Project, Southern Bancorp
Over a million dollars has been made available through a grant of $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce-Economic Development Administration and another $300,000 from the state Department of Economic Development for the expansion of Delta Yams, located on Highway 49, just west of Barton. However, that expansion’s success depends on the participation of six additional new sweet potato growers.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Phillips County, Delta Bridge Project, Southern Bancorp
On Wednesday, September 10, 2008, Entergy Arkansas presented Southern Good Faith Fund with the “Making Things Brighter Award in Community Leadership” at their Low-Income Advocates Leadership and Community Development Conference. This is an annual award to recognize contributions made in improving the lives of low-income families. SGFF is the first organization to receive this award, which has historically been given to an individual. With the award, Entergy Arkansas recognized the collective work done by SGFF to help low-income families, particularly through the Aspiring Scholars and The Power to Care programs. Congratulations to SGFF staff for all the hard work that made this award possible.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Other Related News, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
The Boys & Girls Club of Phillips County announced Thursday a combined gift of $295,000 from the Delta Bridge Project to complete the funding needed to go forward with the full vision for their flagship facility and to purchase the 18 acres of property directly behind the Club for future expansion.
Archive: September 2008 | Section: Phillips County, Delta Bridge Project, Southern Financial Partners, Southern Bancorp
