As part of its Saturday, May 10 commencement ceremony, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will collect items and cash donations for an area charity. This year’s recipient is the Jericho Way Resource Center, a homeless day shelter supported by the cities of Little Rock and North Little Rock.
Those being invited to the school’s graduation are encouraged to bring new toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and other new personal hygiene items. Donation boxes will be placed at the entrance of the Wally Allen Ballroom in the Statehouse Convention Center where the 2 p.m. ceremony will take place. Tax-deductible check contributions can also be made to the Jericho Way Resource Center and either brought to the ceremony or mailed to: Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.
“As part of our school’s ongoing commitment to public service, we have promoted giving as an important part of our graduation ceremony,” said Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford. “If every high school and college in the country did this, it would have a tremendous impact at the local level.”
Previous Clinton School graduation donation recipients include Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS); Our House; the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Mobile Dental Clinic; and the Van.
Responses