AZ Giving
Q & A: Nicolee Thompson of Harvest Compassion Center
Harvest Compassion Center is a local nonprofit serving the top most underserved communities in the Valley. The organization is dedicated to creating a first-class, dignified experience for every person that walks through their doors. The food and...
Q & A: Francisco Ortiz y Davis of Arizona DECA
Arizona DECA is a nonprofit that works to prepare high school and college students for life’s next steps. The organization provides students with unprecedented problem-solving skills, transforming them into innovative leaders within the workforce. In 2019, Arizona DECA was named AZ Foothills’ Nonprofit of the Year. We got the chance to catch up with the executive director of Arizona DECA, Francisco Ortiz y Davis, to learn more about what makes the organization unique, recent...
AZ Giving: New Life Center
As one of the largest domestic violence shelters in the country, New Life Center continually pursues a violence-free Arizona. In 2018, the local shelter provided 33,000 safe bed nights to survivors, over 27,000 meals to children and 12,000-plus hours of individual support to survivors.
In 1986, a group of soroptimist women attended an out-of-state domestic violence conference that inspired them to open the West Valley’s first shelter. Understanding such services to be imperative, they partnered with the city to dissolve stigmas surrounding domestic violence. In 1991, New Life Center opened in the...
AZ Giving: Help-A-Home Holiday Charity Program
Nanny and childcare agency Trusting Connections once again hosts its annual Help-A-Home holiday charity program to aid a Phoenix-area family during this season of giving.
Each November, Trusting Connections calls upon the three communities they serve (Phoenix, Tucson and Dallas) to help identify a family in need that could benefit from a holiday gift basket. The basket contains a gift card valid toward Trusting Connections’ nanny, sitter and personal assistant services as well as special...
National Adoption Month: Meet Daymiun
Meet Daymiun
These are Arizona’s children: Daymiun loves listening to music, especially pop music, and will often be found singing along to the radio. Get to know him and other adoptable children at the childrensheartgallery.org. #NationalAdoptionMonth
