PCA - Southern Arizona Region "Charity Support"

We support three major charities:

• Tucson Arthritis Support League
• Arts Express Fine Arts Youth Academy
• Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities - Child Family Services

Tucson Arthritis Support League TASL

Tucson Arthritis Support League (TASL), established in 1977, is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to those living with arthritis. TASL has established a variety of programs to aid and assist those with arthritis. The programs include: Self-Help Devices:   TASL offers over 200 items that may be purchased at cost. Members demonstrate the various devices, which are designed to be eaily usable by inividuals with arthritis. Some of the items include jar openers, faucet turners, and car door openers. Scholarship Awards:   TASL provides tuition grant/assistance to college students with arthritis. Each year, the scholarship program has two to three students who are enrolled in an accreditated Arizona university or college program leading to a degree. TASL membership includes five SAR members. Click HERE to read July 17, 2009 Thank You letter from Virginia Quagliata, Treasurer, 2009-2010. Click HERE to read May 15, 2009 Thank You letter from Glennis Hummel, President, 2009-2010. Click HERE to go to Tucson Arthritis Support League website.

Fine Arts Youth Academy

Arts Express believes the arts can change lives and build a better community. The Fine Arts Youth Academy opens up the world of the arts to children. The Academy gives school age children the opportunity to participate in opera, dance, orchestra, band, visual arts, mariachi, folklorico dance, and musical theatre. Fees are purposely kept low so that children of every socioeconomic status can participate. Even so, over thirty percent of the students receive scholarships funded through donations and the revenues generated from Arts Express productions. An SAR member sits on the Arts Express Board. Click HERE to go to the Arts Express - Fine Arts Youth Academy website. Click HERE to read September 3, 2009 Thank You letter from Jack Stiles, President, Executive Director, Arts Express

Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities Child Family Services

Distribution of Holiday Food Baskets is an annual charitable activity for our Region. For over twenty years, and SAR member and Child Family Services employee, has worked with the department staff to convert our contributions to food baskets, and to determine which families can be supported each year. The selected families include children who have developmental disabilities, or are at risk of a developmental disability. These disabilities can include Down Syndrome, Cebrebal Palsy, extreme pre-maturity, complex medical needs, and many families with a child that has multiple issues. The Child Family Services staff supports each family by helping them to look at the resources they have within their own family, friends, church, and their community, as well. Click HERE to go to the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities -Child Family Services website. Click HERE to read January 8, 2009 Thank You letter from Pat Healy, Area Program Manager, Child/Health/Therapy Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Economic Security. Click HERE to read January 20, 2009 Thank You letter from Patsy Conklin, Early Intervention Supervisor, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Economic Security. Click HERE to read March 10, 2010 Thank You letter from Pat Healy, Area Program Manager, Child/Health/Therapy Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Economic Security.

 

Charitable Donations 2007
$	ORGANIZATION
$3,155	Tucson Arthritis Support League (TASL)
$3,155	Arts Express Fine Arts Youth Academy
$1,945	Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities/Child Family Services      (Holiday Food Baskets)
$  100	Tucson Community Food Bank
$    80	Tucson Metropolican Chamber of Commerce      (Davis Monthan AFB Holiday Food Baskets

Charitable Donations 2008
$	ORGANIZATION
$900	Tucson Arthritis Support League (TASL)
$1,970	Arts Express Fine Arts Youth Academy
$1,100	Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities/Child Family Services      (Holiday Food Baskets)

Charitable Donations 2009
$	ORGANIZATION
$1,948.50	Tucson Arthritis Support League (TASL)
$3,207.50	Arts Express Fine Arts Youth Academy
$1,736.00	Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities/Child Family Services      (Holiday Food Baskets)
$250.00	Humane Society of Southern Arizona Click HERE to read July 6, 2009 Thank You letter from Humane Society of Southern Arizona, Gail Brown, Director of Development & Lynne Wood Dusenberry, Underwriting Chair.

 

Cinco de Mayo

For the past several years, our Region's signature event -- our Cinco de Mayo Weekend -- has been the primary vehicle for SAR charitable activities. For 2007, two charities, TASL, the Tucson Arthritis Support League and Arts Express Fine Arts Youth Academy, were selected to share the Weekend proceeds equally. Both charities benefit from SAR members being included in their volunteer base. Sources of charity funds from the Cinco Weekend include earnings from the Concours Silent Auction and Autocross participants, as well as donations from members independently.

Charity Autocross - Holiday Food Basket Distribution

For more than 20 years, the club has been donating food baskets to needy families in November and December. Our annual October Charity Autocross is the primary source of funds for Thanksgiving and December Holiday food baskets. Independent donations are also often made for the purchase of these food baskets, as well. We have donated several hundred dollars worth of food each year for several years. One of our members organizes purchasing of food and assembling it into baskets, then distributes the baskets at the holidays. Since our SAR member works for the Division of Developmental Disabilities Child Family Services, she is able to determine who can most benefit from our donations. These donations are made in memory of a club member who passed away several years ago, Dick Huhn. Dick donated his time to purchase food for baskets and then delivered the baskets to the families supported by Child Family Services. He did this for many years and after Dick passed away, the club made the decision to continue his tradition of giving. Click HERE to read January 8, 2009 Thank You letter from Pat Healy, Area Program Manager, Child/Health/Therapy Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Economic Security. Click HERE to read January 20, 2009 Thank You letter from Patsy Conklin, Early Intervention Supervisor, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Economic Security.