8 Budget-Friendly Items to Add to Your College Dorm Room 8 Budget-Friendly Items to Add to Your College Dorm Room Preparing for your first year of college can be overwhelming, so it’s understandable why many students arrive on campus only to realize they’ve forgotten...
Our Village Leader, Chuck Stanick

Our Village Leader, Chuck Stanick

It takes a village to care for our children in crisis, and a huge part of the CES village includes our board of directors. They volunteer their time, talents and heart to guide our organization and care for the CES and the Arkansas foster care children we serve. Our...
What’s New in Havana 2018?

What’s New in Havana 2018?

WIN TICKETS TO HAVANA! Join us in Havana! This year a lucky person will win 2 tickets to the sold-out event. To enter you must go to the Children’s Emergency Shelter Facebook page and “TAG” your party pal you would bring to the event, “SHARE”...
Spring Break 2018

Spring Break 2018

I’m a planner by nature. My type-A personality allows me to have everything mapped from departure to arrival, carefully calculating in each individual bathroom, coffee and gas stop along the way (and doing everything in my power to beat the suggested arrival time on...
Shelter from the Storm

Shelter from the Storm

The Fort Smith Children’s Emergency Shelter (CES) is celebrating the past 20 years of providing “Shelter from the Storm” for our children in crisis. The CES serves area children age 6 to 17 who have been removed from their home by the Department of Human Services due...
Tyson Foods & CES “Happy Plate” Food Program

Tyson Foods & CES “Happy Plate” Food Program

We recently had a great grandmother come to our shelter to drop off some clothes for her SIX great grandchildren. The siblings ranged from age 6 to 15 years old…. She was heartbroken they were in foster care, but through her tears she said something that...