WestArk Church of Christ has been hosting Night to Shine and Shine Through since 2017.   
We are so proud to be able to host again for 2024.

Our mission: 
Making Disciples for Jesus Who are Eager to Serve Others

Tommy Craft and the staff at 95.3 ESPN Radio are kind enough again this year to promote our event by running our 30 second commercial.   Using the Tim Tebow connection, they are able to reach a market that we typically wouldn’t have access.

KISR 93.7 is once again sponsoring Fort Smith Night to Shine by running our commercials to promote the event.   Race Riley will also be on-site during the event.

Fort Smith Chief of Police Danny Baker has also been involved since our first Night to Shine….first as a Buddy, now as Co-Chair of Security, along with Chief Pointer.  He also brings in Robyn Shoptaw and Bradley Wilson and dozens of other officers to help with parking and security.   FSPD also provides Buddies and security to every event.  

Alma Chief of Police, Jeff Pointer, has been our Chief of Security since our first Fort Smith Night to Shine   He always brings a helpful crew to help keep us all safe.   We are grateful for their service.

Edwards Funeral Home has agreed to provide us with Cadillac Limousines and included the drivers.  This improved our efficiency of moving Kings and Queens from the prep area to red carpet.   We are truly thankful for their service at Night to Shine!

Compassionate Utilization of REsources (CURE) does many things for many people.   Their primary goal is providing medical equipment around the world.  They help Night to Shine in a variety of ways, including providing drinks to our Volunteers.  Candy Dog (Ron Hamilton) will also make sure the volunteers are fed during the week leading up to Night to Shine.  We are grateful for ALL that CURE does!

We are grateful for Hazel’s Haven and their cash donation.

Beau’s Knows Tuxedos!  And they are offering a discount on that knowledge for our Kings and male Buddies.

McAlister’s Deli will be providing their excellent tea and cookies for our 2024 Night to Shine Respite Room.

We are proud to add Chili’s Restaurant (Fort Smith) as a meal provider for the Caregivers in our Respite Room.

We are happy to have Hardee’s support Night to Shine

We are grateful to Sharum’s Garden Center for donating a gift card.  This will be given away in our Caregiver Hospitality Room.

Black Bison will be providing our Caregivers with coffee and hot chocolate.  We are grateful for their generous donation!

We are grateful to Walmart for their generous donation of gift cards.

McGraw Realtors have the right idea!   Get as big of a group of co-workers as you can to volunteer at Night to Shine.  We are thankful for your participation and we look forward to meeting you all.

We are grateful for Rachel Richards Design for our logo and graphics design.

Bekaert was one of the first sponsors to sign up for Night to Shine in late 2016 (for NTS2017).   They have provided food, drinks, or both at every Night to Shine held in Fort Smith, outside of the two Covid years.  We are so thankful for all of their help and support.

Learn, Play, Grow will once again be providing staff and equipment for our Sensory Room.   If a King or Queen gets over-stimulated, they will have a quiet, serene room to go to relax in.  We are grateful for Mandy Chilten and her team at Learn, Play, Grow.

We are thankful to First National Bank Fort Smith for providing swag for our Kings and Queens’ take home bags.

We are grateful to Wendy’s for providing swag for our take home bags.

We are grateful for Our Blood Institute for swag for our Kings’ and Queens’ take home bags.

We are grateful to Virgil Hobbs – Contracted Distributor of Little Debbie for providing our Kings and Queens with some scrumptious snacks!

We are grateful to Sonic for adding swag to our Kings and Queen’s take home bags.

We are grateful to The Popped Popcorn Company for providing our Caregivers with popcorn.

We are grateful to Smart Pack and Ship for their donation of a door prize for our Caregiver Hospitality Room.

We are grateful to SUNFIRE for their continued effort to keep us warm during Night to Shine and Shine Thru (in previous years).

We are grateful to the Arkansas College of Health Education for the swag for our Kings’ and Queens’ take home bags.

We are grateful to Pat Satterfield Realtors for their donation to Fort Smith Night to Shine!

We are grateful to Parks Brothers for their generous donation to Night to Shine!

We are thankful for the generous donation by Centeno Greenhouses and Peace Farm Organics.

We are so happy to announce that Ms. Johnson and her crew from Aramark (from Sebastian County Detention Facility) will be cooking the food for our Kings and Queens again this year.  Their team donated 100% of the food in 2018, 2019 and 2023, and provided a team to cook and clean up.   Thank you to the AraMark team from Sebastian County Detention Facility!

We are grateful to DocuPrint for printing signs for all of our new activities and refreshing some of our older signs.

We are grateful for all of the candy provided by Candy Craze!

We are grateful for True County 92.7 KDYN covering 2024 Fort Smith Night to Shine