News Releases

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 17, 2012) – Jay A. Wittmeyer, Executive Director for Global Mission and Service for the Church of the Brethren, has been appointed as the Church’s representative to the Board of Directors of Heifer International.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 7, 2012) – A new shareable infographic from Heifer Internationalshows that in 2010, Americans spent $13.6 billion on Mother’s Day. $1.9 billion of that was spent on perishable flowers. But mothers don’t necessarily want extra “stuff” on this day – they want a present with meaning. With a Heifer International gift, you can provide joy – to your mother, and to a family in need.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 25, 2012) – Heifer Ranch in Perryville, a Heifer International learning center, is intact and thriving as it marks the one-year anniversary of the tornado that struck on a stormy day in 2011.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 9, 2012) – At Heifer International we know that going barefoot isn’t just a “fashion misstep” for our project families. Going without shoes can lead to real problems, like injuries, hookworm, podoconiosis and jiggers. A lack of shoes can keep children from going to school. Because of this, Heifer International employees will once again participate in TOMS “One Day Without Shoes” on Tuesday, to bring attention to and show solidarity with the millions of people who live their daily lives of hard work and harsh conditions shoeless.