Feb. 2014. Our club President Bobbie Platt presented a check for $500.00 to Mike Fontana of the Sunshine School. This Sunshine School works with developmentally delayed or disable pre-school children to get them ready to transition into the public school system. Our gift will fund their Adventures in Learning Program and their monthly Clifford Scholastic Magazine subscription.

Feb. 2014. Our club President Bobbie Platt presented a check for $500.00 to Mike Fontana of the Sunshine School. This Sunshine School works with developmentally delayed or disable pre-school children to get them ready to transition into the public school system. Our gift will fund their Adventures in Learning Program and their monthly Clifford Scholastic Magazine subscription.

March 2014. We once again joined the United Way of North West Arkansas in hosting the 2nd annual Dolly Parton Imagination Library "Bags for Books" event. We can now offer free books, every month, to over 900 preschoolers in North West Arkansas.

April 2014. Altrusa Conference 2014, Hutchinson Kansas. We worked very hard this year and our efforts were acknowledged at Conference. We received the First Place Governor's Distinguished Service Award, for or our Dictionary Project entry, and received Third Place for the Mamie Bass Service Award. Our 33% growth in clubs with less than 35 members got us another First Place.

May 2014 Cleaning up after the spaghetti dinner.

May 2014. Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Altrusa Gal's and Games Day proclaimed, huge success! Thanks to our Co-Chairs, Peggy Rosenthal and Su Lynn Hanson, and to the rest of our hard working members, we had a great day. All proceeds go to fund our literacy projects.

June 2014. Altrusans Valerie Katz, Judy Lemoine, Katy Henkel and Bobbie Morgan golfed in the Susan G. Komen Rally for the cancer cure golf tournament in Bella Vista AR.

October 2014 Altrusa International of Bentonville/Bella Vista held their annual Spaghetti Dinner at the first United Methodist Church in Bentonville, on Oct. 2.

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December 2014 Pictured: Agnes Sebesta, Lynda Krysl, Nita McCain, Bobby Platt, Havenwood's Debbie Martin, Peggy Rosenthal and Gay Kiker. Debbie Martin, will join us on Jan. 20th to tell us more about their program

Altrusa members went to Havenwood, in Bentonville, on December 22, 2014, to deliver 60 adult books and 65 children's books as part of their ongoing literacy projects.

December 2014 President Katy Henkel, Jenny Montgomery, Jenny's sponsor Michelle Sallerson.

The topic of the Initiation of Jenny Montgomery was " Let your Light Shine." President Katy Henkel described how we need all types of lights in our Altrusa group. Among them; a Clear Bulb representing Knowledge and how we can serve in Altrusa. The Christmas Lights represent a group of lights working together. Even when one light goes out, the rest continue working as an Altrusa team.