AZ Giving
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, One Mother’s Hope
by Candy Thompson
She spent her early childhood in suburbia, never realizing how difficult it was for her mother, a single parent, to maintain that home and provide for her family’s needs. Stephanie didn’t understand she was living in an unstable home. Her father was in and out of her life until he left for good when she was twelve years old. “That’s when I first...
Blackstone Country Club at Vistancia Raises $57,000 for Singleton Moms Fundraising Golf Event
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 Club, located within the 7,100-acre Vistancia master plan in Peoria. The Singleton Moms non-profit organization is dedicated to bringing hope, help and support to struggling single parents in Maricopa County who are fighting the...
Homeward Bound’s Casino Night to Help Homeless Families
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...
Ronald McDonald House Pro-Am Golf Tournament Hits the Green May 12
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...
At Barrett-Jackson, Community, Charity Are Always High-Performance
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.
