Trick or Treat? Michael’s Garden has the Treats!

We like the treats, and Michael’s Garden has plenty to beguile the most bewitching witch! Choose from an assortment of colorfully decorated hats and with matching broom sticks to complete the look, all made by participants of a very unique program of Michael’s Garden, a Division of ACCEL (Arizona Centers for Comprehensive Education and Life Skills). Michael’s Garden was established to provide adults with functional disabilities and autism an opportunity... Read More

EFAZ’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Event! 10/13

EFAZ’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Event! Thursday, October 13, 2011, 6:00-9:00pm The Hackett House, Tempe, AZ Join the Environmental Fund of Arizona in celebrating their 10th year of helping to preserve and improve Arizona’s environment! We’ll bring together they will bring together 29 EFAZ member nonprofits, 26 campaign-workplace partners, and dozens of friends in the green-sustainable community to celebrate this important milestone. Click... Read More

October in Arizona Brings Out The Four F’s . . . Fall, Farms, Festivals and Fun all rolled into one!

Each year, Fall festivities begin with the month of October, which is also the month for harvesting Pumpkins and gourds. One of the famous among pumpkin traditions is pumpkin carving and baking pumpkin seeds. Where do you go for those orange festive delightes ranging from tiny table decoration sized to the colossal? Well,  farms of course and what better way to spend the day than to smell the fresh farm air while running through corn mazes, kicking it on... Read More

Beckets Table: Coming Together for a Little Love

by Kate McClendon When Chef Justin Beckett and his wife Michelle partnered with restaurant owners Scott and Katie Stevens, they wanted to create a space that felt as warm and inviting as being in their homes. They took to heart the idea of being a part of the community, both to its local neighbors and the greater society, and invites you to “Come Together” as you open their front doors. The restaurant was designed to have that communal feeling of breaking bread... Read More

Peace of Mind through the Principals of Water

by Howard Falco When water stops flowing, it becomes stagnant, it festers and begins to break down and lose its life giving qualities. In essence, life for each one of us is very similar. When we are out of the flow of life, when we feel uncreative and stagnant as it relates to our dreams and true desires, we unsettled and out of sync with the world around us. However, the principals of fresh flowing water have much to teach us about staying in the flow of life. With... Read More

NCLE: Save Our Schools Event Mesa-May 31-June1

  Dual audience conference by design – programs specific to Higher Education and K-12 Schools. This conference, the first educational facilities event under NCLE's  Save our Schools education reform initiative, will proactively address ways schools can realize efficiencies, find funding, save money and reinvest those savings back into the schools – all while creating a healthier and productive learning environment for all. Attendees will be empowered... Read More

Royal Neighbors of America to ‘Join Hands’ to grow food with children at Sunshine Acres-Mesa 5/7/11

(Mesa, AZ) –Volunteers from the Royal Neighbors of America branch office and the local Mesa chapter will observe JOIN HANDS DAY on Saturday, May 7, by “Growing & Giving TogetherSM” with Sunshine Acres, a home for at-risk youths. The groups will plant container gardens of beets and tomatoes which will be harvested by the children. Who: Children of Sunshine Acres and volunteers from Royal Neighbors of America What: Planting container gardens in observance... Read More

Come to Earth Day Phoenix 2011, April 21, 2011!

Help Keep Phoenix Beautiful on Earth Day! April 21st, 2011 @ Cesar Chavez Plaza Come celebrate the 41st anniversary of Earth Day!  Join Keep Phoenix Beautiful  in downtown Phoenix on Thursday, Earth Day event April 21st, 2011 from 11am-1:30pm at Cesar Chavez Plaza directly across from City Hall. You’ll learn about recycling and sustainability, take home useful giveaways and share your enthusiasm with thousands of environmentally minded attendees!  ... Read More

Be a part of history – April 29 & 30 @ The Pioneer Living History Museum for Earth Day 2011

Mark this on your calendar!! What: Earth Day 2011 – Our Earth, Our Home, Our Habitat When: Friday, April 29 (for Youth) and Saturday, April 30 (for Everyone) Time: 9 AM to 3 PM both days / Entry Fee: $5 entry fee to the Museum Location: Pioneer Living History Museum–3901 West Pioneer Road, Phoenix, AZ. * Please join North Country Conservancy and their community partners, the Pioneer Living History Museum, Phoenix Parks and Conservation Foundation,... Read More

AZ LOVES ECO SCRAPS

  Eco Scraps is new company providing a wonderful service that aims to take our waste and turn it into an effective product.  We are happy to announce our product is 100 percent natural and organic and it works amazingly. We encourage all to come and see how we are doing our part to boost local economy, cut back on landfill waste, and provide an effective recycled product.  We are interested in saving all of Arizona’s spoiled produce and composting it into... Read More