Caregiver Support Away From Home: Staying Close to Care
When a loved one needs specialized medical care, families are often asked to leave home with little warning. Caregiver support away from home becomes essential as you navigate hospital hallways instead of familiar routines, balancing work and worry while trying to stay strong for someone you love. Supporting…
Kim’s Story: A Place to Rest, a Community to Hold You, and a Calling You Never Expected
Before cancer entered her life, Kim Russell had already weathered more heartache than most people face in a lifetime. Her husband died of cancer when he was just 47. Their three daughters were still so young — one about to graduate college, one finishing high school, and the…
What to Expect During a Long-Term Medical Stay in Little Rock
Traveling for medical treatment is never easy. Whether you're here for cancer care, a clinical trial, a premature birth, or a complicated surgery, being away from home adds another layer of stress you didn’t ask for. And if you’re preparing for a long-term medical stay in Little Rock,…
It Takes a Village: A New Year Message from Goodness Village
2025 was a meaningful and full year as we celebrated 30 years of serving families traveling to Little Rock for medical care. For three decades (wow), we have provided a place of rest, recovery, and stability for families far from home and this year we expanded that mission…
More Than a Place to Stay: David’s Goodness Village Story
When illness enters a family’s world, families still long for moments that feel likelife… moments that feel likehome. For David Gomez and his family, Goodness Village became that place. A place where small comforts made a big difference, and where ordinary moments became sacred in the middle of…
A Village Built on 30 Years of Goodness
As we reflect on 2025, our hearts are full of gratitude for the incredible community that has made Goodness Village possible for 30 years.Your generosity has done more than provide a place to stay, YOU have created a community of care that surrounds families when they need it…
30th Anniversary Feature: Kim Burket & Krissi Fry: Growing the Mission, Honoring the Heart
From its earliest days as a small church ministry, Goodness Village has always been about more than just providing a place to stay—it’s about serving with compassion, creating community, and walking alongside families during some of their hardest moments. When the original founders were ready to pass the…
More Than a Place to Stay: Mitch and Natalie’s Story
Every apartment opened, every night of rest provided, every meal delivered. Each one represents a real family navigating an incredibly difficult medical journey. Mitch and Natalie Zlatovich are one of those families. Mitch and Natalie first stayed at Goodness Village in 2020 while Mitch underwent treatment for Multiple…
30th Anniversary Feature: Meet Founding Volunteer, Anita Blanton
30 Years of Goodness: A Look Back at Our Beginnings Long before Goodness Village became a haven of rest and recovery for families seeking medical treatment in Little Rock, two women—Anita Blanton and Carolyn Johnson—found themselves in the same place: hospital waiting rooms, sitting long hours with their…
Fatherhood often begins with joy. For Brett, it began with a helicopter ride.
His son, Caperton “Cape,” was born very premature at just 27 weeks. Along with the challenges of beingborn so early, doctors discovered Cape had a gap in his esophagus and a blockage in his intestines. Heneeded immediate, specialized care at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Brett flew with his newborn…