Archive for the ‘Volunteering’ Category

A little girl says a really big thank you

AnnaSofia Gross in front of a Hospice of the Valley sign at the pancake breakfast where she raised $1,000 for the nonprofit. Photo courtesy of Damon Gross.

Hospice of the Valley shared this story by a proud daddy who wrote it after his daughter organized a pancake breakfast fundraiser to benefit the not-for-profit agency that cared for her grandmother as she battled liver cancer. The family lives in south Phoenix. Pancake fundraiser raises $1,006 for Hospice of the Valley By Damon Gross [...]

Read the article

Imagine a playground

KaBOOM! Imagine Schools Phoenix playground

Last week, 200 volunteers from Shutterfly and Imagine Schools at Camelback built a playground in one day. KaBOOM!will build 150 playgrounds across the country this year, but the students at Imagine Camelback likely were focused on the one for their school, which reflected the input they’d given on the design and features during a brainstorming [...]

Read the article

Youth advisors sought for Chandler Center of the Arts

Recent youth advisory council graduates. Photo courtesy of Chandler Center for the Arts.

Chandler Center for the Arts is accepting applications through Sept. 7 for this season’s CCA Youth Advisory Council program, which promotes arts appreciation, community service and leadership skills for teens from Chandler and surrounding cities. Up to 15 teens will be selected to participate in the free program, which runs from September through March. Youth [...]

Read the article

Volunteer mentors sought for Boys & Girls Clubs

The Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix

For every 100 kids entering the 9th grade in Arizona, only 76 will graduate. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix are working to help kids stay on track and graduate on time through its program, Be Great: Graduate, which is sponsored by The University of Phoenix Foundation. The program, which is being piloted [...]

Read the article