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Bentonville Volunteer Program

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Volunteering in Bentonville

Take a look at the wide variety of volunteer opportunities in the City of Bentonville. When you find something you are interested in, complete and submit the Volunteer Registration” form and the Volunteer Liability Waiver” form.

Once you have completed volunteer hours, we ask that you complete and submit the Volunteer Time Log to let us know how many hours you have volunteered. All hours worked will go toward a total number of hours at the end of the year. The volunteer with the most logged hours will be the recipient of the City of Bentonville Volunteer of the Year Award.


Volunteer Community of the Year Award

Mayor McCaslin plans to submit an application to the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to nominate the
City of Bentonville Community for the 2010 Volunteer Community of the Year Award.

The awards are designed to congratulate and thank communities as a whole for their volunteer effort in serving their neighbors.

The nomination statement asks that the community describe its volunteer activities and their impact on the community by answering several questions.  It would be extremely helpful if you could please submit your organization’s volunteer information to the City of Bentonville by filling out the “Volunteer Hours Submission Form”.
We need to know a brief description of the event / work performed, the number of volunteers, and the number of hours worked for the period of October 1st, 2009 to August 31st, 2010.

If you have any questions please contact Danielle Shasteen at (479) 271-6827 or via email at dshasteen@bentonvillear.com.

The deadline to submit your organization’s volunteer information is Wednesday, September 3rd, 2010.


Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities:
Adopt-A-Street

The City of Bentonville Adopt-A-Street Program is a partnership between the City and the people who live and work in Bentonville to keep the city free of litter, one street at a time.  Groups adopt a street, 1/2 mile or more in length and agree to remove litter three (3) times per year.  All groups are provided with safety vests and trash bags.  The City will pick up filled trash bags after the clean-up event.


Friends of ….Trails……Parks
This is a new program to encourage trail and park users to participate in its maintenance. Volunteers are needed to pick up litter and remove invasive plants from trail pathways.


Clean the Streets Days

Every Spring and Fall, the City of Bentonville works in cooperation with Keep Arkansas Beautiful to sponsor a city-wide litter pick up day. These are usually held on a Saturday morning from 8 until noon. This is a great community service project for youth groups, businesses, and neighborhood groups.


Dog Park Maintenance
Bentonville’s first dog park is now open. The city is looking for volunteers to routinely pick up litter and dog waste in the park to help keep it well maintained.  The city will provide a waste scooper, bags, and litter pickup.


Special Events

Downtown Bentonville, Inc.
The City, works in partnership, with other organizations, to conduct civic events, in particular, Downtown Bentonville, Inc. Below are some down town events hosted by DBI.

  • The "Farmer’s Market" - runs from April through October. 
  • “First Friday” events - the first Friday of each month, March through November.
  • Christmas Parade
  • Art Walk - held on June 11 & 12.
    Each of these events are in need of volunteer assistance, with emphases on the Christmas Parade & Art Walk.

For more details regarding any of these events, please contact Downtown Bentonville Inc, at (479) 254-0254.


Upcoming Events

 

  • Lend A Hand. Volunteer at the Bentonville Public Library.

We are very excited to offer several opportunities for our adults, families, and teens to volunteer at the Bentonville Public Library. We believe that all members of a community, working together, sharing time and talent, can make a big difference in the quality of library services we have to offer our growing area.

To volunteer for Adult, Junior Partners, or Saturday Specials, call Paula at the Library at (479) 271-3192.

To volunteer for the Teen program, call Sue Ann in the Children’s Department at (479) 271-6816.

Thank you for your interest in the Bentonville Public Library!      www.bentonvillelibrary.org

 

 

 

location
Community Development Bldg.
Planning Services Dept.
305 SW A St.
Bentonville, AR
72712

contact
Danielle Shasteen
479-271-6826
dshasteen@bentonvillear.com

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