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Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia Raises $57,000 for Singleton Moms Fundraising Golf Event

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Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia’s annual Singleton Moms Charity Golf Tournament raised $57,000, with an attendance of 92 golfers at this year’s event, to provide funds for local single parents who are battling cancer. Blackstone Country Club has raised more than $284,000 for Singleton Mom’s since 2011.

This year marked the sixth tournament hosted by Blackstone Country...

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Homeward Bound’s Casino Night to Help Homeless Families

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A ‘Casino Night’ will be held on Friday, May 13 at the Scottsdale Airport to benefitfamilies impacted by homelessness in the Valley.The third-annual Double Down for Homeward Bound event is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Airport in an airplane hangar through Signature Flight Support near Scottsdale Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Guests will enjoy an open bar, dinner, dancing, silent and live auction, and live music as professionaldealers staff tables featuring Blackjack, Texas Hold’em, Roulette, Craps and other casino games.

Homeward Bound helps more than 150 families a year who are...

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Ronald McDonald House Pro-Am Golf Tournament Hits the Green May 12

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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix, presented by La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries of Arizona, will tee off for the 2nd Annual Ronald McDonald House Pro-Am Golf Tournament on May 12, 2016. The unique pro-am concept gives participants the opportunity to interact and play golf with Champions Tour Pros and Local Pros at Desert Mountain, a private master-planned community.

This years participants include PGA Tour champions like Howard Twitty, Bob Gilder, Steve Jones, Tom Purtzer, Steve Ames and Jan Stevenson. Golfers will take on the Jack Nicklaus-designed...

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At Barrett-Jackson, Community, Charity Are Always High-Performance

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Futurliner. Photo courtesy of Barrett-Jackson.

Cars and community: For 45 years, Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions®, has celebrated both in classic style.

 

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A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, Amazing Grace

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by Candy Thompson

Some people are born to nurture others. It is their life’s passion. For more than 50 years, Grace has shared this virtue with family, friends and those around her, especially the other women living with her at the East Valley Women’s Shelter. Here, it was her turn to be nurtured while she got back on her feet.

Grace dedicated years of love and commitment to her husband and two children while pursuing her passion in the nursing field. It wasn’t easy to complete her secondary education while working but her positive, driven attitude helped her accomplish the...

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