Their perseverance and bright spirits inspired us to recognize and share stories of local heroes who continue to make positive differences in the community.
It’s always good to see our money at work in the community, it’s even better when we see young people using it to help veterans. We were lucky enough to be able to donate $974 from our employee driven vending machine charity to a wonderful Girl Scout Troop. Troop 6292 raised money to make care packets for patients at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital. Recently they prepared those packets and were able to get them to the hospital just in time for Veterans Day.
Check out this article from the Arkansas Catholic on these girls serving their community.
We are so proud of our staff for supporting the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday! Through the years we have seen Breast Cancer impact the life of employees and friends of Rainwater, Holt & Sexton and we appreciate this group for walking to make a difference!
A group of lawyers and case managers attended a pro bono estate planning clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute on October 28. The clinic was open to all cancer patients in treatment or who had completed treatment that needed legal assistance preparing wills.
We are very grateful for this great group of lawyers and case managers who were on hand to help 16 patients prepare a will.
H.A.V.E.N. (Help for Abuse Victims in Emergency Need) in Conway, Arkansas, provides housing and care for young girls who have been taken into custody by the state. They enroll the girls in school, give them a safe place to live, and provide food, clothing, and other essentials that children need to thrive.
Visit the H.A.V.E.N Facebook page to find out how you can get involved!
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton attorneys John Rainwater, Jeremy McNabb, and Geoff Thompson, as well as fellow Arkansas attorney Casey Beard, participated in the 2015 Bike & Hike Challenge for ALS on Sunday, August 23. The event starts with a rigorous 18-mile bike ride, followed by a steep hike up Pinnacle Mountain, and finishes with another 18-mile bike ride back to the starting line. It’s all for a good cause, of course! Funds raised by the event go to help ALS patients here in Arkansas. A group of Rainwater, Holt & Sexton attorneys participate in this event every year in memory of our partner, Stephen Holt.
MedCamps of Arkansas hosts camps for children with special medical conditions, so they can have the summer camp experience that every kid deserves. Children with special medical conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and diabetes, can go to camps catered to their individual needs. There’s even a sibling camp that lets children with specific medical requirements attend camp with their siblings!
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton attorney Vincent France is proud to have his sister and father serve on the board of this incredible organization. Visit the MedCamps of Arkansas website to find out more about how they provide safe, medically appropriate camps for special needs children.
The Rainwater, Holt & Sexton staff would like to thank Melody Sugg for taking time to talk to us about cystic fibrosis and what the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation does for patients here in Arkansas.
Be sure to get your tickets now for the Little Rock Taste of the Finest event—we’ve got ours! Attorney Matt Hutsell will be an honoree at this year’s event on Aug. 20 at the Metroplex Event Center in Little Rock.
John Rainwater, an attorney at Rainwater, Holt & Sexton, recently had a great day presenting “Level Playing Field” to two of Ms. Sonja Williams’ Rights and Liberties classes at Hall High School. As a member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Arkansas Bar Association, John is often involved in community and educational outreach.
The staff at Rainwater, Holt & Sexton would like to thank Arkansas Walk Now for Autism Speaks chair, Dawn Itzkowitz, for stopping by to tell us about all the wonderful work the organization does for those with autism in our community! Autism Speaks works directly with doctors to find best practices and techniques for autistic patients.
Show your support by participating in their Walk Now for Autism on October 3.
May 1, 2015 -Our dedicated case manager, Christina, attended the ALS Association Caregivers Conference on April 25, an event that connects ALS patients with service providers that can help them. Christina handed out packets on living wills and scheduled times for ALS patients and their families to complete the wills with an attorney at our office. This is just one way Rainwater, Holt & Sexton strives to give back to the community. Thank you, Christina!
During her more than 30 years of practicing employment law, Arkansas Bar Association President-Elect Designee and Rainwater, Holt & Sexton attorney, Denise Reid Hoggard, has seen the state’s gender pay gap budged by just 10 percent. She explains that proving discrimination under the Arkansas Equal Pay Act falls on the employee. And in an at-will employment state—such as Arkansas—employees can be terminated for breaking even insignificant rules. While progress is being made to close the pay gap, Denise urges government leaders to step up and help.
Click here to watch a video of Denise discussing the state’s Equal Pay Act with Little Rock’s KATV News.
RHS supports The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Arkansas Chapter! We voted you our charity for March! Thanks to Kim DuPas for stopping by and talking about all the wonderful services your organization provides for our community. Not only do they provide financial support for the patients and families living with these diseases, they also provide support groups and education. When faced with the diagnosis of these diseases, many families don’t know where to turn or what to do.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society helps families in Arkansas find the next step. These types of blood diseases affect millions every year, we do what we can to help. Learn more about this great nonprofit on their website www.lls.org
According to the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, there are currently more than 30,000 Americans who have been diagnosed with the condition known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—or Lou Gehrig’s disease. To help raise awareness about this devastating disease, the Little Rock personal injury lawyers at Rainwater, Holt & Sexton are sponsoring the Arkansas Chapter of The ALS Association’s Walk to Defeat ALS 2015.
ALS is a degenerative neurological condition that slowly causes people to lose mobility in their bodies. There is no known cure for the disease, and treatment options are considered limited.
The team at Rainwater, Holt & Sexton became passionate about raising awareness about ALS after one of the firm’s founding partners, Stephen Holt, was diagnosed with the condition. Now, the firm is hoping to raise as much as $125,000 during the upcoming Walk to Defeat ALS so that the funds can be used to provide treatment options to someone suffering from the disease.
If you wish to participate in the walk, an article from Arkansas Online says the event will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, at the Clinton Presidential Center. If you are unable to make it to the event, you may also donate to our cause.
We are hopeful to see you at the upcoming event and encourage you to stay up to date on our latest philanthropic events by regularly visiting our community page.
We enjoyed meeting the passionate ALS advocates in our community at the ALS Corporate Breakfast hosted by Rainwater, Holt & Sexton on March 12. Our firm wants to send a special thank you to the ALS Association Arkansas Chapter for hosting Mike Rainwater and Bob Sexton as speakers at the event. Sharing Stephen Holt’s story is important to all of us.
We can’t wait for the Walk to Defeat ALS on April 11, 2015. Visit the event page to find out more or join a team today.
Rainwater, Holt & Sexton helps sponsor the Pine Forest Elementary archery team, which recently won the elementary division of the regional tournament held at Robinson High School. The team will now be able to take their top 12 archers to the state tournament in Hot Springs at the end of March.
Ella Fu, daughter of Rainwater, Holt & Sexton attorney JaNan Davis, ranked among the top four female archers, and she will be competing at the state tournament! We are proud of these little ones for learning a skill as unique as archery, and we’re excited that they’re having fun doing it.
Arkansas is our home and we want to make sure our neighbors and friends are supported. With eight offices in Arkansas - Little Rock, Little Rock-Corporate Hill, Springdale, Conway, Hot Springs, Bryant, Jacksonville, and Jonesboro – our personal injury lawyers are easily accessible when you need help.
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