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The COVID-19 pandemic has come with a lot of grief, but 2020 grads missing spring semester and rites of passage like graduation has been especially heartbreaking to hear. Imagine never having the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see classmates one last time, don caps and gowns and walk across the stage to accept a hard-earned diploma.  

Schnepf Farms, which has been selling-out drive-in movies during the...

Our lives have been upended due to coronavirus. In mediation, we understand that life moves forward, even when faced with a crisis, and that there remains a need for supportive divorce mediation services in Arizona.

I feel so blessed by the work I do as president and CEO of Arizona Helping Hands (AHH). Providing basic needs to make lives better for children in foster care, giving young boys a bed to sleep on after they’ve experienced abuse and neglect, providing a crib to a baby born addicted to meth, or celebrating a birthday of a teen who has never had a birthday celebration – the list is plentiful for WHY I choose to put my all into my daily job.

In these challenging days, I’ve asked my staff and our volunteers to share their WHYs. During periods like this, I think it helps to dig deeper and...

We are in unchartered territory right now with uncertainty all around us. The stay-at-home order recently implemented in Arizona, and social distancing, has made it extremely difficult to maintain relationships with friends and family, stay active and ultimately find things to keep ourselves busy.

COVID-19 has ended visitation at older adult communities and has made socializing more difficult. This can have a serious impact both short-term and long-term on older adults, especially those living alone. Research suggests that isolation and loneliness are linked to high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease...