AZ Giving

Still need to pick up your Christmas cards? We may have found the cutest cards of all--just look at the teeny penguin and festive flamingo!

From now through Dec. 31, stop by local Cobblestone Auto Spa, Desert Schools Federal Credit Union and IHOP locations to pick up a pack of five holiday cards for $5 with designs by Phoenix Children’s Hospital patients. The Holiday Card Program is in its 31st year. Sales from the cards benefit the hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

Packs of 25 and 50 cards are also available at www.pchkidsart.org.

This Saturday, Dec. 16, Phoenix Rescue Mission will be providing Christmas to 1,000 kids and their parents who are in need during its annual Winter Wonderland celebration.

From 8 to 11 a.m., the Mission’s Community Solutions Center in Phoenix will be turned into an holiday wonderland with bounce houses, games, cookie decorating, activities and much more. Staff and volunteers will also host the annual gift giveaway where kids and parents can “shop” for gifts, wrap the presents themselves and give them to each other.

Phoenix Rescue Mission still needs the...

Now through Jan. 2, the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix Downtown, located in the heart of Downtown Phoenix, is hosting a coat drive to collect clean, gently worn, warm coats to donate to local Arizona charities as part of the nationwide One Warm Coat drive. The goal is to collect 50 coats which will be distributed to local families in need via

Phoenix Rescue Mission has long provided hope and healing to those suffering from homelessness, addiction and trauma in the Valley. Its newest endeavor provides yet another opportunity for a new beginning to locals who need it most.

The folks behind Phoenix Rescue Mission long dreamed of opening a restaurant. Mission Possible Café, located at 1516 West Van Buren Street in Phoenix, is the organization’s newest and most-awaited project. The...