The PHiXAZ Nonprofits: Four Questions with Diane Haller of Phoenix Community Alliance
Marilyn HawkesNovember 21, 2023
The PHiXAZ Nonprofits: Six Questions for Michael Jung of Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona
Marilyn HawkesSeptember 8, 2022
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona is a Phoenix-based nonprofit organization with a mission of “transforming children’s trauma to resilience through the arts.” The staff and volunteers work with children who have experienced abuse, neglect and/or homelessness in a variety of settings. Free Arts provides a weekly mentoring program, professional artist series, free arts days and a camp where children learn how to express their stories through art. Michael Jung, a freelance writer who...
The PHiXAZ Nonprofits: Six Questions for Chrisie Funari of The Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children
Marilyn HawkesAugust 3, 2022
Chrisie Funari founded The Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children in 2014 after losing her daughter, Ava, to cancer in 2012. Funari serves as president of the nonprofit, which provides social, emotional and financial support to families who have a child with cancer. She started the foundation out of her home and has since expanded to a second office. Recently, the organization purchased a 12,000 square-foot-building near Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard to house all their...
In October 2005, Jody Boyd lost a childhood friend, Michelle Singleton, to breast cancer after a 15-month battle. Singleton, a single mom with four children, was only 32 when she passed away. Boyd was so moved by Singleton’s struggle and subsequent death, that she founded The Singletons, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing “strength, hope and community to single-parent families battling cancer.” We asked Boyd, who serves as the nonprofit’s executive director, to tell us...