Prevent Child Abuse Arizona Founder, Becky Ruffner, Passes the Torch to Claire Louge, Executive Director By Hilary Dartt When Becky Ruffner founded Prevent Child Abuse Arizona in 1989, she was a young mother determined to improve the chances for a healthy trajectory...
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona Enhances Children’s Futures By Clarissa Robertson The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona provide children and teens in Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley with an affordable, safe and enriching place to be...
Prescott Area Shelter Services Provides Services and Support to Guide People Out of Homelessness By Megan Yakovich In the winter of 2007, Prescott Area Women’s Shelter (now Prescott Area Shelter Services) opened in the basement of Hillside Church following many...
Some of the Women of Yavapai Exceptional Industries Share What Makes it ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ By Hilary Dartt Yavapai Exceptional Industries (YEI!) is truly an exceptional organization. Founded in 1974, this nonprofit agency provides job training, employment,...
Finding rest for a family in unexpected ways By Katie Chatham As I sat down on the couch across from Ralene Challinor, the warmth, loving-kindness, and acceptance this woman carries around with her spilled out into space between us. Little did I know that I would end...
Volunteers touching lives and lifting spirits By Fritzi Mevis, Executive Director, People Who Care They sit comfortably together, he in the darkness that is his world now, and she slowly rocking and knitting. Proud and independent, they come from a time when you did...
