Stories

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...

Hispanic Heritage Month with Advance

To celebrate the rich diversity and numerous contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans, the United States celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th to October 15th.  According to the Office of Minority Health, the September...

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...

Dental Brigade Treats Hundreds in Mexico

URGENT NEED TO HELP 500 MORE ON WAITING LIST Our volunteer dental team brought much-needed hope to a rural community in Oaxaca, Mexico in April 2023. Dentists treated 419 people for painful cavities and life-threatening...

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...

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