AZ Giving
Arizona Snowbowl to Host 30th Annual Climb to Conquer Cancer this Month
The American Cancer Society’s “Climb to Conquer Cancer” event is being hosted by Arizona Snowbowl on Saturday, August 17th.
AZ Giving: American Red Cross Issues Emergency Call for Blood
After the holiday weekend, American Red Cross faces a blood shortage and has issued an emergency call for eligible individuals of all blood types to give now. The American Red Cross now has less than a three-day supply of most blood types available – and less than a two-day supply of type O blood – for patients. At least a five-day supply is desired.
How to help: Donors of all blood types...
Q & A: Dbacks' Luke Weaver on Striking Out Poverty
Luke Weaver, Diamondbacks’ newest starting pitcher, and eight other Major League Baseball players have teamed up with Food for the Hungry's Striking Out Poverty and will be campaigning to provide resources like medicine, medical supplies, construction materials and other necessities for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Throughout the baseball season, Weaver, in addition to his initial donation, is going to pledge $46 per strikeout, and with the addition of partner matches, every $1 equals $22, resulting in each strikeout amounting to a whopping...
AZ Giving: Boots in the House Collects Care Items for the Troops
Best of Our Valley winner Blythe Grace, PLLC is collecting items for care packages for the troops through Boots in the House program. Robert Reder, managing partner, invites the public to drop off items to be donated throughout the summer.
Frequently requested items include non-perishable food items like peanut butter, energy bars, ground coffee, tuna/chicken packets, microwaveable mac and cheese, to name a few. Boots in the House also accepts items of sunscreen, wool socks, deodorant, floss, toothpaste and more. (See above for a full list of needed items.)
Items can be dropped off at Blythe Grace, PLLC 4040 E Camelback Road, Suite 275 in Phoenix.
M3F’s Record-Breaking Donation to Local Phoenix Charities
The 16th year of M3F, Arizona’s 100-percent nonprofit music festival, shook up Downtown Phoenix on March 1-3 by shattering previous Festival records for attendance and charitable donations.
This year M3F raised $509,000 for local charities. Some of the highlighted charities include Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) Music Therapy Program, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. These three charities were also on-site all weekend at M3F, educating festivalgoers on the importance of their causes.
