AZ Giving
Mar. 28: Celebrity Fight Night
If the words “Celebrity Fight Night” trigger images of Hollywood’s A-list duking it out in a boxing ring, you’d only be slightly off the mark.
When the philanthropic event first debuted in 1994, celebrities were pitted against one another wearing oversized, inflatable gloves for healthy bouts of harmless, ego-smashing fun. Things have grown more civilized...
Support Literacy Spree: A Desert Mountain High School Sophomore’s Mission to Help Underprivileged Children
Arizona Foothills Magazine and Azfoothills.com are proud to support local students and young entreprunuers in our valley who are out to make a difference. Here is a personal encounter and letter from Desert Mountain sophomore, Aakanksha Saxena, the Founder and Director of Literacy Spree, a 501C3 non-profit organization to raise funds and sponsor educational programs for underprivileged students in America and beyond. We ask that you kindfully and mindfully seek to support these local young heros in any way that you are able.
"It was July 2009, I had...
Feb. 28: A New Leaf’s Camaraderie Gala
If you reside in the Mesa area, chances are you already know. But do-gooders from North Scottsdale and Central Phoenix? Take note. The Valley’s best-kept philanthropic secret is about to blow.
“We’re kind of under the radar,” says Gina Irons, Corporate Engagement and Special Events Manager at A New Leaf. For the past 44 years, the nonprofit organization has quietly provided programs and services across Greater Phoenix, including shelters for single men and women suffering from homelessness and domestic violence. It also operates the only family shelter in the East...
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, Amber
Arizona Foothills Magazine and Azfoothills.com have partnered with the comprehensive, non-profit, and human service agency, A New Leaf, for an incredibly special series; one that is very near and dear to our organization's heart. "Telling Untold Stories" will illustrate multi-dimentaional and raw stories of real men, women, and families within our communities who have been dealt a tricky hand of cards. These stories are ones of despair - ones of defeat - and, ones of fear. However, these stories...
Love Conquers All: Molly and Bob Stockley
Story by Joanna Brathwaite, Photos by Dan Raustadt
Imagine waking up every morning to the love of your life gone, and no one in the world that seems to understand your pain. Then imagine finding love again in the most unexpected place and uniting to create something more powerful than you ever dreamed possible.
In March 2002, Molly Stockley moved to Arizona and began working for KTVK Channel 3. One of the first people to welcome her to the Valley was a woman named...
