July 21st, 2008
Source: KATV Channel 7
With summer temperatures reaching triple digits, many Arkansans have trouble paying their electric bills. Entergy Arkansas’ The Power to Care program, administered by Southern Good Faith Fund, provides financial assistance to eligible Entergy customers who are elderly or disabled and meet income guidelines. Rosalie Tripp, SGFF’s Program Coordinator for The Power to Care, was interviewed as part of this news story that explained how the program helps many Arkansans who otherwise might have to choose between paying their electric bill and buying food or medicine.
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Archive: July 2008 | Section: Project Deserve, Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
March 18th, 2008
Source: KARK Channel 4 News
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on March 18, 2008, held a news conference to announce that he was ordering payday lenders in Arkansas to cease making loans and to forgive existing loan debt. Michael Rowett, Research and Communications Manager for Southern Good Faith Fund’s Public Policy program, serves as Chairman of Arkansans Against Abusive Payday Lending and was interviewed for this news story.
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Archive: March 2008 | Section: Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund
March 11th, 2008
Source: KARK Channel 4 News
Southern Good Faith Fund and its parent company, Southern Bancorp Inc., provide free tax preparation to hundreds of Arkansans each year as part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) program. Southern Good Faith Fund President Angela Duran discussed how the VITA program increases participants’ assets in an interview following a March 11, 2008, news conference highlighting Southern’s VITA services.
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Archive: March 2008 | Section: Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund
November 26th, 2007
By Jessica Dean / KATV Channel 7 News
What happens when parents, students and teachers all commit to a student’s success? If the KIPP Delta College Preparatory School in Helena-West Helena is any indication, that combination can be powerful and productive.
The KIPP charter schools began in 1994 in Houston when two young teachers, frustrated with the public school system, decided to do something about it.
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Archive: November 2007 | Section: Phillips County, KIPP School, Video, Media, Delta Bridge Project, Southern Bancorp
August 22nd, 2007
By Jason Pederson // KATV Channel 7
After a mild start to summer, the high heat has arrived in August with a vengeance. And high temperatures in August mean high electricity bills in September.
The Southern Good Faith Fund in Pine Bluff helps low income families finance homes, college educations and start businesses. But this time of year, it is utility assistance that is most in demand.
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Archive: August 2007 | Section: Public Policy, Video, Media, Southern Good Faith Fund, Southern Bancorp
