Shoppers and Diners Enjoy a 20 Percent Discount With UAMS Cancer Institute’s Partners Card
| LITTLE ROCK — More than 170 shops and restaurants in central and northwest Arkansas will offer discounts Oct. 25 – Nov. 3 as part of Partners Card, a fundraising project of the volunteer auxiliary of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
To purchase a Partners Card or view a complete list of participating shops and restaurants visit www.uamspartnerscard.com. Cards also may be purchased by calling (501) 686-8286 or at participating locations indicated on the website.
For 10 days, shoppers and diners who purchase the $50 cards will receive a 20 percent discount at more than 170 area stores and restaurants. All proceeds from the sale of Partners Cards benefit the Cancer Institute auxiliary and are used to fund projects that support cancer patients in Arkansas. Past projects have included such things as free wigs for patients who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment; housing and transportation assistance; post-mastectomy bras for breast cancer survivors; and cancer screening events.
For the first time in its 10-year history, Partners Card will offer discounts at restaurants as well as shops and boutiques. Shoppers can save on everything from clothing and antiques to home furnishings and jewelry.
The new mobile-friendly Partners Card website, www.uamspartnerscard.com, features an interactive map highlighting the location of each participating merchant, in addition to an option to search by type of merchant.
This is the 10th year for the Cancer Institute to offer Partners Card in central Arkansas and the eighth year in the northwest part of the state. During that time, the fundraiser has raised more than $750,000 in central and northwest Arkansas combined.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has more than 2,800 students and 790 medical residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including about 1,000 physicians and other professionals who provide care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS regional centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.