AZ Giving
AZ Giving: Community Music @ the Center
Remember creating meaningful art and music projects in school? Those exciting moments during our childhood helped make us who we are today; creative, bold and expressive adults. Now, kids face looming budget cuts, tuition increases and teacher shortages that threaten...
Valley Philanthropist Debbie Gaby Releases New Book
A bouquet starts with seeds of hope and inspiration and is exactly what I have given in my book, In My Wildest Dreams. . .I Never Imagined This Inspirational Bouquet of Gifts. With humor, compassion, love and healthy doses of Southern charm, I share the stories of my life which shaped, challenged, and inspired me to become the woman I am today. Readers will find that In My Wildest Dreams. . . is joyful, uplifting, and inspiring – and a testimony that the gifts in our lives come to us in interesting and often awe-inspiring ways. . .in different shapes and colors and scents, one more beautiful than the next.
My choices led me down an...
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, Mila's Story
by Candy Thompson
Sometimes a family follows from a well-set plan. Find your soulmate, get married, decide together on the number of kids you will have, plan your expenses, pick out all your children’s names in advance, and, perhaps even buy a home to raise them.
Trouble is most of us don’t work that way. Mila Carrancho and her husband, Christopher, were just like the majority of Valley residents: their imagination of a family was quite different from the reality of their lives and circumstances. But what they substituted for a spreadsheet of milestones was total love...
AZ Giving: The Cora Blue Fund
Saks Fifth Avenue at Biltmore Fashion Park recently partnered with Coomi Fine Jewelry for an evening of shopping to benefit The Cora Blue Fund, a nonprofit organization based in Kenya focused on improving conditions for girls of the Maasai Tribe. AZFoothills.com chatted with Janyne Preston of The Cora Blue Fund to discuss its mission and its future goals.
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, Amy’s story
By Doreen Brokaw
A very articulate Amy defined her story as "not your typical domestic violence situation." She wasn't romantically involved with her roommate, but because she had no place else to go, it was either room with him and live in daily fear or go to the streets. The reality of one and the thought of the other were equally terrifying to her.
When Amy's mom died, five years ago, Amy and her dad moved to Arizona with plans to create a brighter future. Workforce opportunities presented some challenges for Amy and then her dad passed away earlier this year. It was a very lonely time in her life...
