OneAZ Community Foundation Selects Tucson Charities For Grants

Tucson AZ

27 May, 2021

12:26 PM

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TUCSON, AZ — A trio of Tucson-based nonprofits are among the 14 groups selected for OneAZ Community Foundation's Together is Better grants. The three groups that received funding were Reach for the Stars, I am You 360 and Southern Arizona Book Heroes. The $290,000 Together is Better grant funding was handed out to groups that helped build a strong foundation for Arizona's economic stability, including children's health groups, food banks, financial education groups, veterans' interest groups and local youth programs, the company said. Reach for the Stars is a food bank that supports the Tucson area that plans on using funding to support the facility's backpack program, providing food and other necessities for children. I am You 360 is a financial literacy and local youth program that aims to empower young people through a self-affirmation program that is centered on boosting youth self-worth, self-esteem, self-dignity and self-confidence. Southern Arizona Book Heroes is a youth program that teams up with local first responders to comfort and treat children's emotional wounds. Here's a list of the 14 Arizona nonprofits that will receive grant funding through this year's program: A New Leaf, PhoenixBread of Life Missions, Camp VerdeFeeding Phoenix Farm, PhoenixFlagstaff Family Food Center, FlagstaffPeople Who Care, PrescottReach for the Stars, TucsonHabitat for Humanity Northern Arizona, FlagstaffHigh Country Humane, FlagstaffPrescott YMCA of Yavapai County, PrescottCamelot Therapeutic Horsemanship, ScottsdaleDeep Sea Valkyries, HigleyGeneration Justice, PhoenixI am You 360, TucsonSouthern Arizona Book Heroes, Tucson