Back to AZ Giving and Leading main page Arizona Giving and Leading Videos: May 6, 2013 AZ Giving & Leading: Open Arms Home for Children After taking a family mission trip to South Africa in 2005, Bob and Sallie Solis of Phoenix felt called to do something about the plight of children orphaned by AIDS in the country. They used their life savings and bought a 70-acre hilltop farm and established the Open Arms Home. Today, the home houses over 50 orphans. Bob Solis will talk about the Open Arms Home.   April 1, 2013 AZ Giving & Leading: MOMA's House MOMA’s House is a Laveen-based organization that provides a safe place for women recovering from domestic violence abuse and human sex trafficking. Women at MOMA’s House each have their own room and complete a program to help them regain their lives. Maraion Douglas, who suffered from her own domestic violence, is the founder of MOMA’s House and the recipient of an “Angels Among Us” award. She will talk about her organization and her award.   February 4, 2013 AZ Giving & Leading: Circle the City Medical Respite Center Circle the City Medical Respite Center is a place where the homeless in Phoenix can go to recover following treatment at a hospital instead of having to recover on the streets. The visionary behind the center, Sister Adele O’Sullivan, and Marisue Garganta, the director of Health Integration for St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, will discuss Circle the City.   January 21, 2013 Giving & Leading: An Arizona Horizon Special Visit SpoFit, a Valley fitness center designed for people with disabilities; see what Native American Connections is doing to help Native Americans in need of housing and other critical services; the leader of the Veterans Medical Leadership Council explains how the VMLC improves the health and well-being of veterans in need.   January 11, 2013 AZ Giving & Leading: An Arizona Horizon Special On a new Giving & Leading special, Arizona Horizon takes a look at two organizations devoted to improving lives: Veterans Medical Leadership Council and Native American Connections.   January 7, 2013 AZ Giving & Leading: Experience Matters Nora Hannah, the CEO for Experience Matters, explains how her nonprofit connects talented, age 50+ individuals with nonprofit and social service organizations to improve the quality of life in our community.   December 24, 2012 Giving & Leading: An Arizona Horizon Special REPEAT FROM 06/15/2012. Patrick McWhortor, President and CEO of Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, shares the findings of a statewide survey of Arizona nonprofits contained in the report Borderline: Hope and Concern for Arizona Nonprofits. Find out how Arizona food banks are responding to the challenges of ending hunger; and how all nonprofits are finding creative new ways of doing business.   December 3, 2012 AZ Giving & Leading: Arizona Bridge to Independent Living Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL) provides a variety of services to people with disabilities. ABIL President and CEO Phil Pangrazio talks about the organization and its Virginia G. Piper Sports & Fitness Center (SpoFit), one of two centers in the U.S. that is specifically designed for individuals who have various types of disabilities.   November 5, 2012 Giving and Leading: Veterans Medical Leadership Council Veterans Medical Leadership Council President Colonel Sam Young, US Air Force (Retired), talks about how the VMLC enhances the health and welfare of veterans in Maricopa County.   October 29, 2012 Giving and Leading: Native American Connections President and CEO of Native American Connections Diana Yazzie-Devine talks about her nonprofit that provides behavioral health services, affordable housing and economic development opportunities to Native Americans in the Phoenix area and tribal communities.   October 22, 2012 AZ Giving and Leading   September 17, 2012 Arizona Giving & Leading: Uniting Education and Business The Arizona Educational Foundation is launching the “UnitED” program to establish beneficial partnerships between public schools and businesses. Learn more about the program from Bobbie O’Boyle, Executive Director of the Arizona Educational Foundation, and Alicia Mandel, VP for Organization Effectiveness and Inclusion at the Apollo Group.   September 17, 2012 Arizona Giving & Leading: Nonprofits & Civic Engagement Timothy Schmaltz, an instructor for ASU Lodestar Center’s Nonprofit Management Institute, talks about opportunities for nonprofits to promote civic engagement.   August 6, 2012 Arizona Giving and Leading: Back to School Clothing Drive Karl Gentles, Executive Director of “Back to School Clothing Drive”, talks about the organization’s efforts to provide new school clothes and school supplies to children in need.   July 16, 2012 Giving and Leading: Arizona Rural Development Council Eddie Browning, Executive Director of the Arizona Rural Development Council (AZRDC)explains how his statewide non-profit organization is building partnerships with the public and private sectors for the benefit of rural Arizona.   June 15, 2012 AZ Giving and Leading   June 7, 2012 Arizona Giving & Leading: ASU Lodestar Center Dr. Robert Ashcraft, Director of the ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation, talks about what the Center is doing to advance and support Arizona’s nonprofit sector.   May 31, 2012 Arizona Giving & Leading: Food Banks & Hunger Find out how Arizona food banks are responding to the challenges of ending hunger. Guests include President and CEO of the Association of Arizona Food Banks Ginny Hildebrand, and Beverly Damore, Chief Operating Officer for the St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance.   April 26, 2012 Giving and Leading: Reinventing Nonprofits Faced with declining resources and growing needs, nonprofits are finding new ways to survive and thrive by exploring partnerships, innovation and creative ways of doing business. Ellis Carter, a nationally recognized nonprofit law expert, addresses the variety of ways nonprofits are reinventing themselves.   March 5, 2012 AZ Giving and Leading: Report on Nonprofits Patrick McWhortor, President and CEO of Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, shares the findings of a statewide survey of Arizona nonprofits contained in the new report Borderline: Hope and Concern for Arizona Nonprofits.