Families and friends will walk in memory of children they have loved during the MISS Foundation’s third annual Kindness Walk and Safety Fair on May 19, Bereaved Parents Day. The MISS Foundation is an Arizona-based non-profit organization with a staff of dedicated volunteers who come to the aid of thousands of families all over the [...]
Nathan was born prematurely at just 31 weeks. He struggled to put on weight. Rosalie was born with Down syndrome. Kaylee spent the first three weeks of her life in the newborn intensive care unit because her brain was deprived of oxygen at birth. Maggie was born with Mosaic Trisomy 8, a rare disorder that [...]
Dine at Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao on Wednesday, April 24 and 100 percent of the proceeds will support Junior Achievement of Arizona. The restaurant is located at 6300 N. Scottsdale Rd. in Scottsdale. Dinners will include a gourmet salad bar, beverages and dessert alongside the restaurant’s famous unlimited servings of 15 choice cuts of meat [...]
She’s been in the water since the tender age of 6 months, so 12-year-old Bella Lantz isn’t fazed by the deep end. She progressed quickly through the Hubbard Family Swim School program, then joined the Valleywide Swim Neptune competitive team. Now she’s preparing for a whole new challenge. On Saturday, April 20, Bella will participate [...]
The Arizona Highway Patrol Association (AHPA) annual Comfort Bear Toy Drive continues through Sunday, April 7. Famous Dave’s restaurants in Mesa, Peoria, Chandler and Gilbert are collecting donations of new teddy bears officer can use to console children impacted by tragedy. Famous Dave’s — best known for hand-rubbed, hickory-smoked, pit-style barbecue — is offering a [...]
After dreaming for years of performing a musical about adoption called “They Chose Me,” Valley Youth Theatre artistic director Bobb Cooper knew just who to call to help make it happen. Wednesday the Phoenix-based theater company gathered with friends from the Arizona Association for Foster & Adoptive Parents and the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation to [...]
Joyce Jesko and her husband Paul, of Doylestown, Penn., are winter residents of the Valley. During one of her winter stays, Joyce heard about a program where prom dresses are offered to high school girls who lack the financial resources to buy expensive dresses. She figured she could offer the same service in the Philadelphia [...]
On May 18, 2011, Carolina Gardner of Gilbert received news that her 39-year-old husband, Jonathan Gardner, was having a heart attack. Jonathan was in Tucson on business, so he was rushed to Northwest Medical Center. Carolina left her two daughters—Lilly, now 12, and Lizzy, now 10—with her mother and made the 90-minute drive from Gilbert [...]
Tracy and Kristen Steward own one of the two Honest-1 Auto Care franchise facilities in Arizona. Located near Paradise Valley Mall in Phoenix, the company has been open for about a year and a half. But the Stewards’ business is about more than oil changes and new brakes; the couple are passionate about helping the [...]
Buying new books, even for small children, can get pricey! And despite our admonitions, some of those books will end up “personalized” by a creative child’s crayon or stickers. So what’s the point in paying full price? Beginning next Saturday, Dec. 8, the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library will open the doors on its [...]
A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an [...]
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MAY 2013
$6.00Our 2013 directory of Valley aquatics programs — everything from learn-to-swim programs to diving, racing and synchronized swimming!
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April 2013
$6.00Our April 2013 issue features the 2013 Summer Solutions directory — more than 500 day camps in Maricopa County!
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March 2013
$6.00Our March 2013 issue features the 2013 directory of Overnight Camps in Arizona and the Southwest!
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February 2013
$6.00Our February 2013 issue is all about babies! Learn how to begin building your baby’s bookshelf, make your own baby food, find parent/tot classes and Daddy Boot Camps around the Valley. Plus: gifts, gadgets and great new looks for baby.
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January 2013
$6.00It’s our annual pregnancy issue! Learn about the latest trend among expectant parents: “gender-reveal” parties. Plus: Should you bank your baby’s umbilical cord blood?
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December 2012
$6.00Ice hockey in the desert? Our December issue tells you how to get your kids started. Plus, an insider’s tour of the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum. And two terrific holiday crafts your kids will love!
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