Our Mission

Championing Children Together 

At the heart of Will Golf 4 Kids and Gala of Hope is a shared belief: Every child deserves access to expert pediatric care close to home. 

Each year, champions for children come together in northwest Arkansas to support Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) through these signature events. What unites a round of golf, an elegant evening and a community of supporters is a simple but powerful mission: 

We champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow. 

For more than three decades, Will Golf 4 Kids and Gala of Hope have brought people together around that purpose, pairing generosity with joy and tradition with impact. Now in their 32nd and 18th years, these volunteer-led events have raised more than $26.4 million, with every dollar staying local to benefit children and families in northwest Arkansas. 

Your Impact 

When you support Will Golf 4 Kids and Gala of Hope, hosted by Arkansas Children’s Foundation, you help Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) remain right-sized for the growing pediatric population of northwest Arkansas. Every dollar stays local in support of the ACNW expansion. 

In 2018, ACNW opened its doors with the promise of delivering care close to home for children in the northwest Arkansas region. Since then, the region’s first and only children’s hospital has provided care during more than 700,000 patient visits, saving countless trips to central Arkansas for many families.  

The region is a story of sustained and robust growth. Each year since 1971, every county in northwest Arkansas has surpassed the nation’s average growth rate, with Benton and Washington counties experiencing an average growth of 32% over the last two census reports. 

Your gifts help us grow by expanding bed capacity, adding procedure and operating rooms, growing infusion spaces, expanding programs to treat more complex conditions and much more.  

When a child needs treatment for cancer, when a toddler must visit the emergency department or when an infant with a heart defect requires a specialist, Arkansas Children’s is the only health system in the state providing expert, right-sized pediatric care for children. Because of you, more families in the American heartland will be able to stay closer to home to address more complex pediatric conditions than ever before.