Yawn Family Receives Support for Unexpect Stay in Little Rock
We are so incredibly thankful to you all, first of all, for providing such a lovely and comfortable spot for us to land and recover after an extremely stressful health emergency and unexpected Little Rock extended stay! It really relieved a lot of stress over the expense of…
Kingdom Quilters Find Purpose in Their Gifts
Most of us can relate to searching for your purpose in life. What are you being called to do and once you find it will you embrace it? Elaine Green found her purpose in the most unexpected of things, squares of fabric. Elaine had recently taken up quilting…
Rachel Remembers Love and Kindness through the Hardest Time
It is an honor to be able to write about my experience with Goodness Village.It was a devastating Sunday morning when we got the call from my husband’s primary care doctor that his labs came back abnormal, and we needed to go to the ER immediately.My husband in…
Goodness In Motion
When Goodness Village became a 501(c) nonprofit organization, it became so much more of a community effort. Our guests are going through one of the hardest times in their lives and we are proud to have a team of staff and volunteers providing goodness through small gestures that…
The Duffs Celebrate First Mother’s Day with Twins
Cari Duff was incredibly grateful to celebrate her first Mother’s Day in May 2022 with her twin girls Audree and Ava. She could have never imagined nine months before that she would be spending this milestone in an apartment located 80 miles away from her home. It took…
Marico Sees Roses Among the Thorns
Marico Early had issues with her back for years so dealing with aches and pains was nothing new. It wasn’t until a shopping trip with her daughter that she took a hard fall that would change her life. After the fall she saw a doctor who ordered several…
Guests Pay it Forward at Goodness Village
Tom Van Meer and his wife Peggy came to UAMS in Little Rock in Fall 2016 after he was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. They were told by their doctor on a Friday that they would need to return by Monday to begin extensive treatment. The Van Meers rushed…
Finding Our Home Away from Home
Tom Van Meer and his wife Peggy came to UAMS in Little Rock in 2016 after discovering cancer in Tom’s back. Tom was 63 with severe pain in his back. Their first week in Little Rock was spent in countless hours of testing. Eventually, the results showed that…
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Social Worker Praises Goodness Village
While working at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Tara DeJohn has witnessed firsthand the benefits of having Goodness Village in Little Rock. Tara began referring families to Goodness Village first as a pediatric hematology/oncology social worker, then as the assistant director for the Social Work Department. “Words cannot adequately describe…
The Guthries Second Stay for a Second Heart Surgery
In April 2020, Aurelius was born with a heart condition that required immediate emergency surgery in Little Rock. His “Gigi”, Lesley Guthrie, helped her son and daughter-in-law connect with Goodness Village after a long drive from El Dorado. The Guthries stayed at Goodness Village until Aurelius was discharged…