Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust has awarded $2,510,000 in emergency grants to help six hospitals and hospital systems in Maricopa County respond to the COVID-19 health crisis.
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4/30/20
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Since the early 1970s there has been a special place in Scottsdale where all are welcome, can find purpose and can realize a sense of belonging.
No matter color, creed or special …
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The TurfMutt Foundation wants to remind families to take advantage of nature outside and enjoy the benefits of green space to get a break from “being cooped up inside and relieve the stresses of these times.”
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4/27/20
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The GLSEN Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration where LGBTQ+ students and allies all around the country --- and the world ---take a vow of silence to protest the harassment and …
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4/24/20
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Pinnacle Presbyterian Church --- a longtime UMOM supporter through meal service, donation drives, and various volunteer activities --- delivered over 750 sewn masks with more on the way.
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4/23/20
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Jessica Schuchman, of Paradise Valley, overcame her reading difficulties with the help of furry bunnies and wanted to share that experience with younger kids.
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A north Phoenix family, inspired by the Children’s Museum of Phoenix exhibits, created a “Kind Cart” to uplift their friends and neighbors.
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4/20/20
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The Arizona Animal Welfare League, which is noted as the state’s largest no-kill shelter, hires Melissa Steimer to add her animal welfare, nonprofit knowledge to the organization.
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4/20/20
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a registered 501(C)3 charity, is hosting an online poker tournament with all the proceeds benefiting the St. Mary’s Food Bank Thursday, April 30.
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Plans around the world have been canceled due to COVID-19, but for the Class of 2020 the culmination of their undergraduate career --- high school graduation and all of the excitement that comes with it --- is gone without the turning of the tassel.
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U.S. Navy Hospitalman Recruit Jacob Cortes, from Phoenix, monitors the levels of an oxygen tank aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) April 14 in Los Angeles.
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4/16/20
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The Arizona Women’s Partnership, Inc., an all-volunteer philanthropic non-profit, providing grants to grass roots charities assisting underserved women and children at risk in the state, announces that it has hit the $500,000 mark.
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4/15/20
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Family Promise of Greater Phoenix --- a nonprofit organization that rescues primarily first-time homeless families and their pets and helps them return to independence --- received a donation of 32 mattresses from Thunderbird Charities.
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4/14/20
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The Piestewa Peak Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution members are hand-sewing masks to donate to local essential workers in the most need amidst COVID-19.
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4/13/20
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Olivia Nowak, CEO of Olivia’s Balloon Creations in Phoenix, has been busy lifting her neighbors’ spirits during the recent pandemic.
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The Arizona Animal Welfare League had a virtual baby shower at the end of March for its kittens and puppies to gather items that were in low supply at stores nationwide.
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4/8/20
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Since 2013, Mom’s Pantry has had a mission to provide emergency supplemental food to families and individuals in need through a dignified process, filled with hope.
The concept for …
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4/7/20
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Valley of the Sun United Way and Arizona Community Foundation will distribute more than $410,000 to Maricopa County nonprofits with urgent needs due to COVID-19 to assist growing numbers of Maricopa County families and individuals.
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4/7/20
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Despite the scripture in Hebrews to “not forsake the gathering of ourselves together,” religious organizations near and far are following mandates to avoid gathering to decrease spreading the novel coronavirus.
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UMOM New Day Centers, which provides emergency shelter, supportive services, and housing for families, single women, and youths experiencing homelessness, is sheltering more families in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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4/2/20
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