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KUAF Community Spotlight

Community Spotlight - Big Brothers, Big Sisters of NWA

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The Community Spotlight has teamed up with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas to highlight Child Mentoring this month. Listen to segments below. For more: bbbsnwa.org.

bbbs_poverty_effects_on_youth_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck talks about the role of poverty on youth in NWA.

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bbbs_comm_vs_site_based_services_web.mp3
Executive Director of BBBSNWA - Sarah Heimer - talks about the differences between Community and 'Site Based' services.

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bbbs_lil_billy_and_big_jack_web.mp3
In this segment we hear from a "little" - Billy - and his "big" mentor - Jack.

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bbbs_halberg_family_web.mp3
We meet the Halbergs - a local 'big family'.

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bbbs_big_families_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck describes the importance of not only single mentors, but 'big families' as well.

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bbbs_single_parent_stats_in_nwa_web.mp3
Sarah Van Vleck with single-parent children stats in NWA.

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bbbs_becoming_a_big_web.mp3
Sarah Heimer details the steps to becoming a 'Big' for a child in NWA.

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Pete Hartman is KUAF's operations manager.