Online giving event Thursday allows your dollars to go further

Community members looking to donate to local nonprofits can make their dollars stretch further Thursday during ArkansasGives.

ArkansasGives is a 12-hour online giving event from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during which participants can donate to a nonprofit of their choice. Each gift made will be matched with bonus dollars. The more donations a charity receives, the more bonus dollars it will receive.

Additional cash prizes also will be provided to the nonprofit organizations that raise the most money and recruit the most individual donors.

The minimum donation amount is $25.

ArkansasGives is a project of the Arkansas Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes giving to improve communities.

Eligible nonprofits serving Miller County, according to the ArkansasGives website, include:

1st Choice Pregnancy Resource Center

Area Agency on Aging of Southwest Arkansas Inc.

Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund Inc.

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra

CASA for ChildrenTexarkana

Domestic Violence

Prevention Inc.

Harvest Regional Food Bank

Jamisons’ Center of Kindness Inc.

Legacy Initiatives

Literacy Council of Bowie & Miller Counties Inc.

Opportunities Inc.

Runnin’ W.J. Ranch

Shelby’s P.A.W.S.

Texarkana Resources for the Disabled Inc.

Texarkana Symphony

Orchestra

The Salvation Army Texarkana Corps

Total Life Outreach

University of Arkansas HopeTexarkana Foundation

To donate, visit ArkansasGives.org.