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Esperança Hosts Summer Donation Drive
Through August 30, Esperança, an international nonprofit headquartered in Phoenix, is holding a Summer Drive to collect surgical equipment for its international programs and hygiene supplies for its domestic programs.
Each fall, Esperança sends one sea shipment container full of donated medical goods to its trusted partners in Central and South America for use in their clinics and...
Donate Old Cell Phones This Summer
Phoenix's Keep It Cut, a men's hair salon, is a designated drop-off location for the national nonprofit, Cell Phone For Soldiers. In honor of National Cell Phone Courtesy Month (July), the men's hair salon is collecting your old cell phones during the month of July in exchange for a chance for you to win free haircuts for six months. Each person who donates a phone (valued at $5) will be entered into a drawing for a free six-month membership at the salon. The promotion will begin on July 1 and go through July 31. A winner will be announced on August 1. One entry per person.
Karma Kids Yoga Kamp
Finding unique activities for the kids during the Arizona summers can be a challenge. But one Valley yoga studio has a fit and fun alternative to another round of video games. From 12 to 1 p.m. every Wednesday throughout the month of July, Sumits Yoga North Phoenix will host Karma Kids Kamp. This unique yoga camp is intended to help parents and children ages six to 14 connect and communicate with one another while introducing youngsters to the many health and lifestyle benefits of yoga.
“What we’ve created with Karma Kids Kamp is a pressure-free setting where beginners can feel comfortable, even if it’s their first time ever...
Phoenix Dream Center Moves Survivors into New Dream Rooms
On Saturday June 21 The Phoenix Dream Center hosted an extremely successful grand debut of their brand new six Dream Rooms. The Rescue Project, the flagship program of the Phoenix Dream Center, is a national leader in the rescue, recovery and advocacy of human trafficking survivors.
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Push for Holiday Blood Donors
United Blood Services has partnered with 12 News, The Arizona Republic, 17 Valley radio stations and community sponsors to ask you to give blood June 24 to July 5, as the two weeks surrounding July 4 have traditionally been the most difficult to meet patient blood needs. The need for blood donors has escalated since the beginning of the vacation season, especially for type O-negative, the universal blood type required primarily by emergency and trauma patients, and also used in life-saving transfusions in premature babies.
Donors at six Valley donor centers will be thanked with a voucher for a free...
