Non-Profit Corner
Featuring local organizations that give back to the community.
‘A Life’s Work’
When Becky Ruffner founded Prevent Child Abuse Arizona in 1989, she was a young mother determined to improve the chances for a healthy trajectory for families. She spent 30 years at the helm of the organization, fostering a movement. At the time, the movement was in its infancy.
A Place to Belong and Thrive
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 during out-of-school time. Members have daily access to a broad range of educational and recreational programs designed to drive positive outcomes and reinforce necessary life skills. The Clubs are dedicated to ensuring that our community’s young people have easy access to quality programs and services that will enhance their futures
From Crisis to Stability
In the winter of 2007, Prescott Area Women’s Shelter (now Prescott Area Shelter Services) opened in the basement of Hillside Church following many community conversations regarding a potential need for an emergency drop-in shelter for women and children.
‘A Pretty Happy Crew of People’
Yavapai Exceptional Industries (YEI!) is truly an exceptional organization. Founded in 1974, this nonprofit agency provides job training, employment, volunteer placements, and support services to local adults with disabilities.
Wandering Home
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 up spending the next two hours there, listening to the amazing story of how Ralene became a foster and adoptive mom and began her career with Christian Family Care.
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 for yourself and had no need for outside help. Those days have come and gone. John is now blind, and Edna is no longer able to drive due to a chronic medical condition. Their children are far away and their supply of groceries is getting low.
Feeding Our Children
Carm Staker built Humboldt Unified School District’s Hungry Kids Project on the foundation of her vision to ensure children were getting enough to eat. Through the project, schools send weekly food packs home with children whose families qualify for free and reduced meal prices.
Kind Defined: on a Mission for Kindness
Kara Peterson has made it her personal mission to combat some of the negativity in today’s world. As the visionary behind Kind Defined, a local non-profit offering children’s workshops on kindness and emotional intelligence, she has taken a personal oath to bring kindness and positivity into our community.
‘Hope, Health, and Healing’
West Yavapai Guidance Clinic and Foundation Offer Varied Services to Meet Various Mental Health Needs By Cindy Brown For more than half a century, the West Yavapai Guidance Clinic (WYGC) has offered “Hope, Health, and Healing” to about 7,000 people in Yavapai County...
Freedom from Abuse – Beyond the Crisis
Stepping Stones offers educational support groups to provide supportive fellowship—and an important step toward freedom from victimization By Alexis Miller Leaving an abusive or violent relationship is only one step in the journey to find freedom. Many who come to...
‘An Invaluable Learning Experience’
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona’s Multimedia Program empowers the future careers of local youth Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Arizona’s (BGCCAZ) collaboration with Prescott High School’s Multimedia program has continued to grow and now serves more than...
Seen, Safe, and Equipped to Move Into a Better Place
The Coalition for Compassion and Justice’s Team of Problem Solvers Takes an Agile, Personalized Approach to Helping the Most Vulnerable Members of Society Thrive By Hilary Dartt • Photo by Trisha Shaffer T he Coalition for Compassion and Justice (CCJ) has a simple...