Sometimes they just need a hug or someone to sit down and talk to.” We are several weeks removed from the tornado, but there is still so much that needs to be done. “Our faculty have been so generous in donating supplies and getting donations together for the students. “I’ve been making sure that I am talking one-on-one with the students who have been affected,” Phillips said. SarahBeth Phillips, assistant professor of nursing, has been volunteering at the Family Assistance Center while staying in close contact with the three nursing students and one adjunct instructor who were directly impacted by the tornado. Faculty have been donating money, bought groceries and other necessities, and donated scrubs, shoes and medical equipment that students need to complete their classes and clinicals. The School of Nursing has come together to help their students impacted by the tornado. He was out there learning some valuable life lessons all while working his sweet little 5-year-old magic.” He was obsessed with using the pushcarts, so the volunteers made sure he helped with any job that required one. “They dubbed him the official ‘water boy’ since he would walk up to cars in the drive-thru line and hand them bottles of water. “I was thinking a 5-year-old would be in the way, but they welcomed him with open arms,” Hall said. Joanna Hall’s son Bodie delivers donations to families at the Family Assistance Center. While she was hesitant at first to bring her son, Hall said many parents have brought their children to volunteer and that the fellow volunteers embraced Bodie as one of their own. Hall even brought her 5-year-old son Bodie to volunteer at the Family Assistance Center. “I don’t think I’ve seen the entire community come together like this since 9/11,” Joanna Hall, assistant professor of nursing and director of simulation, said while describing the hundreds of volunteers she worked with at the Family Assistance Center since April 4. Shackelford Road, is a partnership with Engage Arkansas, Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief, the Salvation Army, Wolfe Street Foundation, Center for Youth and Families, Immanuel Baptist Church, Goodwill Industries, and the United Way.
The Family Assistance Center, located at 315 N.
Several University of Arkansas at Little Rock nursing professors have been volunteering at Little Rock’s Family Assistance Center and have described what it’s been like to help people through tornado relief efforts. Ever since the EF3 tornado struck central Arkansas on March 31, countless people have stepped up to volunteer and give back to those in need.
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