Little Rock, Ark. (Jan. 26, 2023) — Nonprofit Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) is the most recent member of the Little Rock Regional Chamber. The 2 organizations acknowledged the event with a ribbon chopping on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
About two dozen folks attended the occasion, held on the chamber’s downtown little rock workplace. ASPSF shared its mission and companies with chamber members current.
“We work every single day to serve single mother or father college students as they work to finish their postsecondary schooling, open doorways to higher employment proper right here in your native companies, make a greater earnings, and lift their households out of poverty,” ASPSF Govt Director Ruthanne Hill stated.
Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund supporters joined the celebration. From left: Sharmane Andrews of Simmons Financial institution, Latriana Robertson of Simmons Financial institution, and Mary Wohlleb.
Final 12 months, ASPSF assisted about 250 Central Arkansas single mother and father with scholarships and supportive companies, ASPSF Program Supervisor Keisha Smith added. That’s a rise from 59 college students in 2019.
“This group is doing loads of nice work and rising,” Chamber Ambassador and Keller Williams Realty Govt Dealer Karl Freeman stated. “They might nonetheless use your assist, or they could find a way that will help you!”
ASPSF’s Little Rock workplace is positioned at 2102 Riverfront Drive, Suite 102. The statewide nonprofit gives scholarships and wraparound companies to low-income single mother and father engaged on skilled and commerce college certificates, affiliate levels, and bachelor’s levels. New college students, volunteers, and donors are at all times welcome to affix the ASPSF household.
For extra details about ASPSF — which has awarded greater than $35 million in scholarships throughout the state to single mother and father since 1990 — contact Communications Director Jen Para at 479.318.2885 or jpara@aspsf.org.
Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund supporters and workers have fun their new membership on the Little Rock Regional Chamber. Again, from left: ASPSF Growth Supervisor Wendy Stotts, ASPSF supporter Mary Wohlleb, and ASPSF Program Supervisor Keisha Smith. Entrance, from left: ASPSF Board President and Accomplice at Rose Legislation Agency Betsy Baker, and ASPSF Govt Director Ruthanne Hill.
About Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund: Arkansas Single Guardian Scholarship Fund has labored for greater than 30 years to create stronger, extra educated, and extra self-sufficient households. By means of scholarships and companies, ASPSF opens doorways for low-income single mother and father, serving to them pursue schooling, safe employment, and rework the long run for his or her households. With the assistance of volunteers and neighborhood assist, ASPSF creates multigenerational change, remodeling lives for each single mother and father and their kids. For details about scholarships, volunteer alternatives, and methods to offer, go to www.aspsf.org.
