Impact Stories

KUAF Ozarks at Large Interview Emily Crane Linn and Pastor Clint Schnekloth were recently interviewed on KUAF Ozarks at Large about the pending approval of NW Arkansas as a refugee resettlement area. Additionally, Governor Asa Hutchinson gave his thoughts on Canopy NWA’s efforts and we get to hear from one of NW Arkansas’s current residents, Faez…

SEP 8 2016 Exciting news, friends—we are hiring! We are currently looking for TWO passionate, diligent individuals to join our team this fall. 1) Case Manager. This person will be working face-to-face, one-on-one with refugees every day. They will be the person most directly helping refugees to build a new life here. They will need to…

SEP 6 2016 As Canopy continues to move forward toward resettling refugees in the fall, the board decided to take the important step of selecting our resettlement director: Emily Crane Linn. As director, Emily will be in charge of laying the foundation for our new programs, hiring and training staff and then overseeing the resettlement…

JUL 15 2016 Thank you to all of you who came out to our meeting last Monday. It was great to see so many new faces! For the rest of you, we hope to see you this coming Monday, July 18, at 7 pm. at First Presbyterian Church in Bentonville. If this is your first Canopy meeting,…

JUL 7 2016 By Clint Schnekloth, Acting Director Two weeks ago, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson came to Good Shepherd Lutheran to meet with with Canopy NWA. His visit was an honor and a surprise. We were surprised he wanted to meet with the organization personally. We were honored that he took the time, and asked such great…

JUN 17 2016   Canopy NWA first convened six months ago– back before we were Canopy NWA, back when we were still just a group of Arkansans searching for a way to help refugees. At our first little meeting in December, we thought it might be years before we would see refugees land in Arkansas… Most…