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DonateReflections 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…
Full Stomach, Happy Heart
A classic phrase repeated with love by Spanish speakers everywhere is “Barriga llena, corazon contento,” literally translating as full stomach, happy heart. This adage celebrates food and the feeling of contentment from…
What Is the Arizona Tax Credit Program?
For over twenty years, the State of Arizona has allowed Arizona residents with a state tax liability to redirect their tax dollars to causes and services for those in need. Tax credit for…
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…
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Spring Cleaning: The Fridge
The Fridge “If you keep good food in your fridge, you will eat good food.” – Errick McAdams, Personal Trainer National Nutrition Month serves as a reminder to prioritize our health and…
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…
Spreading Love: A Recap of Happy Hearts Fair 2024
We had a great time educating and empowering families to take control of their heart health and well-being through engaging and interactive methods!
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 Grandmother in Peru Receives the Gift of Sight
“A world that rejects the sick, that does not assist those who cannot afford care, is a cynical world with no future. Let us always remember this: health care is not a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Three Ways to Eat Healthy this Spring
“Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.” – Bethenny Frankel, Businesswoman Advance’s community health educators know a lot about preparing and eating healthy food. Participants in their…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
