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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...

New Website Launch!

AZ Gives Day

What is AZ Gives Day? Started in 2013, AZ Gives Day is a statewide giving campaign to empower local nonprofits and work to advance our community. AZ Gives Day has raised over $30 million for...

Investing in Clean Water Globally

Lack of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. To combat unsafe water, there are two broad categories of water systems, centralized and decentralized.  Centralized Centralized systems provide water...

Three Ways to Eat Healthy this Spring

“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.”    – Bethenny Frankel, Businesswoman   Esperança’s community health educators know a lot about preparing and eating healthy food. Participants in their community-based...

Children’s Dental Health Month

According to the CDC, by age 8, 52% of children have had a cavity in their baby teeth. Equally surprisingly, on average, 34 million school hours are lost each year due to unplanned dental care....

Damasita has a secure Future!

A Secure Future for Her Family Starts with YOU! Your home should be your castle — a place where you feel completely safe and in control …  Sadly, that isn’t yet the case for Damasita...

Pasos para una Vida Saludable

Pasos para una Vida Saludable El peso saludable varía de persona a persona y debe establecerse con el apoyo de un nutriólogo o un médico especialista en esta área. Bienvenido 2023, y con el vienen...

Steps for Healthy Living

Healthy Weight Week Happy New Years!  Have you set a New Year’s Resolution this year? Many people do set resolutions each year and the most common ones are around health and wellness.  More Exercise, healthier...

Bato Has Hope and a Future

Bato is a sharp and resourceful young man. At 19-years-old, he’s the main bread-winner for his siblings and ill mother in Mozambique. It’s a duty Bato takes seriously, so much so that he was willing...

Mom Sows Seeds of Change in Bolivian Community

Felisa was fed up with the status quo. For as long as the 36-year-old could remember, her community in Bolivia had suffered from a seasonal lack of water. That meant she and her neighbors mainly...