Stories

Reflections on the Taste of Advance

Making a Difference One Bite at a Time The Taste of Advance event was an extraordinary culinary experience that took us on a global journey through our taste buds. From the refreshing Rooibos Mojitos to...

Mercedes’s Journey: Inspiring Change and Empowering Health for All!

81-Year-Old Grandma Finds Hope Against All Odds Meet Mercedes, a resilient 81-year-old grandmother from the remote Nicaraguan village of La Concordia. Her brown eyes, once clouded with pain, now sparkle with life again. For two...

Spreading Love: A Recap of Happy Hearts Fair 2024

The Miracle of Growth: How Your Support Transforms Lives in Bolivia 

Gabriela, a young Bolivian girl, knows the pain of hunger all too well. Her family struggled to find enough food, and the constant stress was unbearable. Over half of Bolivia’s population faces a similar struggle...

February 2024 Inside Scoop

by Jeri Royce, President & CEO of Advance What Unites Us? At a time when the world feels divided – it gives me hope to know that there is one thingthat you and I are...

A Widow Creates a New Life, With Your Help

Selling her cows meant selling her future. But that was just one of the agonizing decisions Maria had to make when her husband died 18 years ago.  Maria lives in a remote community in northern...

Your Mission to Restore Health on the Rosebud

Your mouth speaks for your health. But not everyone has access to dental care. That’s true in communities worldwide and close to home in places like the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.   Your generous...

Rosa is Living A New Life… of Self-Sufficiency

What can $100 do? Beat back a deadly disease …? Offer security after a loved one dies …? Set up a family business, to give a struggling widow a whole new way to live, to...

Passion in Phoenix

Do you remember when you found your passion? Maria Alicia was 14, working at a summer job at a community center in central phoenix. One day, a mom came in pushing a stroller. She looked...

Bridge Players Supporting Global Surgical Missions

Help us send volunteer surgical teams to change lives! Sadly 1 in every 10 children worldwide live with a disability. This fact alone makes them less likely to attend school and become literate. It also...

ABC 15 News Feature

Advance’s Stove to Table Senior Nutrition Program was featured in a recent segment on ABC 15 with Kaley O’Kelley. Thank you to ABC 15, Kaley, and her team for spending a morning with us making...

Look Around, Look Within

May is Mental Health Month May is Mental Health Month. Mental Health America and many others have observed May as Mental Health Month since 1949.   This May, the theme is “Look around, look within.” This...