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Dancing For A Cause: 2nd Annual Wake, Shake & Mingle Fitness Fundraiser
Working out is a great way to stay healthy and is even better when it’s for a great cause. Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to join Fresh Start Women’s Foundation at their 2nd annual Wake, Shake & Mingle fitness fundraiser to celebrate and promote the empowerment of women in the Phoenix area.
The event will...
New Race Director Leads Children’s Cancer Run To Success
This Saturday marks Grand Canyon University Foundation’s Sixth Annual “Run to Fight Children’s Cancer,” a 10k and 5k race plus a quarter-mile survivors walk, to raise funds for Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Children’s Cancer Network.
In the five years leading to this point, the race raised nearly $375,000 for its beneficiaries; its goal this year is to reach half a million dollars.
While race day will exert a special magic in the...
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, Opal
by Candy Thompson
“Did you know I came from prison?” asked Opal.
She sits on the edge of her bed at A New Leaf’s East Valley Women’s Shelter gazing confidently ahead. There is no more talk about the bleakness of prison. She has been clean for years. Her poor decision making is behind her and she is moving forward with a brand new outlook on life.
Opal has come a long way. After leaving prison, she moved into a half-way house, a consequence of her prison sentence. The mandatory 5-day a week meeting schedule made it almost impossible for her to find...
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, James
A New Leaf provides shelters and services to our communities’ homeless and domestic violence victims; behavioral health programs for low-income children and community programs including foster care services and MesaCAN (Community Action Network). MesaCAN services are utilized by shelter victims, A New Leaf clients and community members across the Valley. Read James story about dealing with the unexpected, something we all do.
A Letter from James:
I would just like to take a minute to...
AZ Giving: Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s MASH Unit
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s MASH Unit is an animal shelter in the least likely place one might expect—a high-rise building in Downtown Phoenix.
A converted jail, complete with cells and the absence of windows, the MASH Unit has been up and running as a no-kill animal shelter since around 2001. Created as a haven for animals saved from neglectful and abusive homes and criminal cases, the MASH unit has a revolving number of dogs and cats that can range from 20 to 150 or more (in the case of the recent pug puppy mill bust in Tonopah, Arizona, as detailed in various news...
