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urrent and former leaders in Scottsdale Uni�ied School District are working to lower the �inancial barrier to college for students at Coronado High through a “promise” scholarship.

The Coronado Foundation for the Future aims to signi�icantly expand its existing scholarship program, which awards up to $5,000 to a couple of Coronado graduates annually.

“But our hope was that eventually we could tell any student that was entering Coronado High School that if they wanted

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Scottsdale program hires homeless people

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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cottsdale Works is a new program designed to provide employment and access to resources to homeless individuals living in the city.

Inspired by a similar program in Glendale, Scottsdale Works is a partnership between City of Scottsdale’s Human Services Department and Phoenix Rescue Mission, a faith-based non-profit providing services for people struggling with homelessness, drug addiction and trauma.

The Scottsdale program, which runs three days each week, pays five participants minimum wage for five hours of work with the city’s Brick-by-Brick program, which produces earthen bricks that can later be used to construct city projects or housing for the homeless.

Initial funding for the program will come from federal pandemic-relief funds received by the city.

Recent surveys have shown that Scottsdale has a smaller homeless population than other Valley cities, but numbers are on the rise.

The most recent annual Point in Time count identified 102 homeless individuals in Scottsdale earlier this year, up from 76 in 2019.

While working with the Scottsdale program, participants also receive meals and assistance accessing other available ser-

vices, including housing, addiction treatment, medical care and transportation to job interviews.

“Just basically any service provided that can better their situation,” said Gabe Priddy, Phoenix Rescue Mission’s street outreach supervisor.

Scottsdale Works is modeled after Glendale Works, a similar partnership between Phoenix Rescue Mission and Glendale that employs homeless people on beautification projects and landscaping.

Scottsdale Human Services Director Greg Bestgen said he was intrigued by Glendale Works.

“So really the idea was to bring this social enterprise model, and that’s really the key phrase here is to bring what we consider to be our restorative, dignity, honest days work type model,” he said.

Priddy said the Glendale program has been in operation for around two years and now employs as many as 20 people each day.

“You’ll see people building confidence,” he said. “You just see their self-esteem go up.”

Scottsdale Works differs in some ways from Glendale.

Participants in Scottsdale will create compressed earth blocks with the city’s Brick-by-Brick program. The blocks, created by compressing soil with a manual press, can then be used to construct affordable housing or a range of city projects like

bus stops, restrooms, retaining and garden walls.

After volunteers or workers form the CEBs; the bricks must cure for 28 days.

“They’re very weather resistant and very strong – we’ve had them tested and they’re about three times stronger than code requires,” said Mike Lopach, a city Human Services specialist.

Lopach, who co-founded New Mexico non-profit Adobe in Action, first brought the idea of the Brick to Brick program before the city’s Human Relations Commission in 2018.

Since then, the program donated 200 bricks to the Alli Ortega Memorial Garden that was built at the Paiute Neighborhood Center last year.

The Brick-by-Brick program was started in partnership with the Partners for Paiute non-profit, which funded the purchase of the manual brick press, a machine that retails for several thousand dollars.

Bestgen said pairing the new Scottsdale Works program with Brick-by-Brick was a natural fit.

Participants work with Lopach and other supervisors to learn how to operate the manual press machine.

Lopach said the teams can consistently produce about 120 bricks per day Priddy said organizers make an effort to spread the word about the program in the community and give as many people as possible the opportunity to participate.

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Scottsdale lawmaker targets Ducey’s powers

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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veteran state lawmaker from Scottsdale is moving to strip Gov. Doug Ducey of the powers he assumed when he declared an emergency 10 months ago.

The resolution by Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita says Ducey’s March 11 emergency order has interfered with individual rights – specifically referring to the stay-at-home edicts the governor issued early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

That has since been allowed to expire.

But Ugenti-Rita said other actions by Ducey remain, including restrictions on how some businesses can operate, have wreaked havoc on the economy.

People out of work has all but depleted the $1.1 billion the state had in March in the unemployment insurance trust fund.

Reduced business activity has cut into sales tax revenues. And Ugenti-Rita said there are projections that up to a quarter of the businesses that shut down during

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The senator told Capitol Media Services that she is not disputing the governor’s decision to declare an emergency when the virus first exploded on the scene.

“I have no problem with a governor exercising their authority to issue an emergency,’’ she said. “But at some point, there needs to be an end date.’’

Beyond that, Ugenti-Rita said that decisions about mitigation strategies and how funds are allocated need to be decided through the legislative process.

And she said that, at some point, it’s no longer necessary for Ducey to have nearabsolute powers to issue emergency edicts on everything ranging from how many patrons a restaurant can seat to when children can attend classes.

“This is a health crisis that can definitely be handled using the legislative process,’’ Ugenti-Rita said.

The governor made it clear he’s in no rush to end his declaration. In fact, he said it needs to continue.

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Anyway, he said, the Legislature is not currently meeting, having ended their 2020 session early as the virus spread.

“They won’t be in session until Jan. 11,’’ Ducey said.

Ugenti-Rita said that’s no excuse.

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More to the point, the senator said that the whole purpose of having a legislature and not a government run by a single person is to ensure there is broad debate and broad discussion of the decisions being made.

“The public deserves a seat at the table,’’ she said. “And one way they have that is through their elected representatives.’’

What Ugenti-Rita is proposing is exactly what the law contemplates.

It spells out that gubernatorial-declared emergencies go until the governor decides it is no longer necessary or until the legislature, by a majority of both chambers, votes to end it. That is what her SCR 1001 would do.

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She chairs a committee that is reviewing all the current laws dealing with emergencies, with an eye toward amending that to say that they self-destruct within a certain time – she’s not sure when that should be – unless state lawmakers reauthorize it.

Had that statute already been in place in March, Ducey would have been unable to continue to issue orders for as long as he has without getting legislative approval.

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SUSD opts for phased semester opening

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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cottsdale Unified School District opted to continue in-person learning after the holidays despite rising COVID-19 cases statewide, citing advice from public health officials.

Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said the county advised the district schools could stay open even if all three benchmarks for virus spread in the district are in the “substantial” category as long as spread on campus is under control.

On Dec. 15, the SUSD Governing Board voted unanimously to adopt a phased-in return to classrooms in the second semester, starting with the district’s youngest students.

Special education PreK-5 students can return Jan. 4, followed by middle schoolers on Jan. 11 and high schoolers on Jan. 19.

Menzel read a letter from Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, the county’s health director, in support of keeping schools open even when there is substantial spread in the larger community.

“And I also asked the question…’what does a scenario look like where you recommend a hard ‘everybody goes to virtual learning?’ and that’s still not really on their radar,” Menzel said.

The original guidance from the state and county said schools should consider closing if one benchmark was at the substantial spread level for two straight weeks.

According to the most recent data from the county, all three metrics in SUSD are in the red.

The data show 424 cases per 100,000 and 13.76 percent of new tests coming back positive from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5.

Percent of hospital visits with COVIDlike symptoms also hit the substantial category in the most recent week’s data.

Menzel acknowledged it was likely all three metrics could still be in the substantial category by the time schools are set to reopen.

He added that both state and county health officials “have agreed to support those jurisdictions who are able to maintain a safe learning environment with regular school-by-school

data to know for certain whether there’s transmission in our schools,” Greenburg said. “It appears based on what we do have there probably is not transmission in our schools.”

Greenburg said he supported requiring a negative COVID test before staff or students would be allowed back on campus but was advised that the district likely could not mandate that without some government agency On Dec. 15, SUSD Facilities Director Dennis Roehler pre- approval.

The board also apsented a new air purification pilot program to the Governing Board that would install bipolar ionization systems in proved a pilot proHVAC units at Desert Mountain High School and Mountain- gram to test new air side and Mohave middle schools. (Scottsdale Unified School District) filtration technology at three schools.

It will spend up to monitoring, regardless of levels of $60,000 for needlepoint bipolar ioncommunity COVID-19 transmission.”

The district’s decision received ization technology in HVAC systems at praise from some parents who have Desert Mountain High and Mohave and long lobbied for open classrooms Mountainside middle schools.

The technology can take oxygen molbut also drew criticism from others who complained that the district and ecules from the air and convert them county are continually moving the goal into charged atoms that cluster around posts to keep schools open at the ex- microparticles and can neutralize airborne mold, bacteria, allergens, and pense of public health.

Menzel argued that closing schools viruses, according to district staff.

If the technology proves effective, would do little to curb virus spread in the community because other spread- the district could expand the program ing sites, like restaurants, remain open. to all schools.

But that effectiveness is still in question.

“If everything else is open and The Centers for Disease Control said schools are closed, it’s the backwards there is not enough data available on recipe,” Menzel said.

Menzel has long said SUSD has no evi- the effectiveness of needlepoint bidence of virus transmission in schools, polar ionization in disinfecting large citing district data showing that no quantities of air.

“This is not to imply that the technolstudent quarantined for potentially close contact with an infected person ogy doesn’t work as advertised, only that in the absence of an established later tested positive for COVID-19.

Board member Jann-Michael Green- body of evidence reflecting proven efburg, who voted to keep in-person class- ficacy under as-used conditions, the es going, acknowledged the district’s technology is still considered by many data may be flawed because there is no to be an “emerging technology,” it said.

Manufacturers claim that bipolar mandatory testing requirement.

“Broadly speaking, we probably don’t ionization can effectively neutralize vicollect the proper data or have the right ruses and other pathogens and cause

airborne particles to cluster and more easily be caught by air filters.

One manufacturer, Atmos Air Solutions, released a study of its equipment by Microchem Laboratory that claimed “The presence of coronavirus was reduced by 99.92 percent within 30 minutes of exposure to AtmosAir’s bi-polar ionization technology.”

There are also concerns that some bipolar ionization could emit harmful levels of ozone, though SUSD Facilities Director Dennis Roehler said the equipment that will be used by the district would not emit harmful levels of ozone.

The City of Scottsdale spent $2 million of its CARES Act relief money to install air disinfection systems, including those using bipolar ionization, at city buildings, including WestWorld.

Dozens of school districts and universities around the country have also invested in the technology.

Before installing the technology in all 3,700 of the district’s air conditioning units, SUSD will conduct particulate sampling in affected classrooms before and after installation and also survey classroom occupants.

Roehler said the cost to install bipolar ionization equipment across the entire district would be substantial but could save the district money in the long run.

If effective, the new systems could allow the district to downgrade HVAC air filters.

The cost to upgrade the air filters from MERV8 to MERV13 cost the district around $216,000 annually and also put more stress on schools’ HVAC systems, Roehler said.

“So, that gives us a payback of about 10, 12 years, and we know that these units will last about 15 years,” Roehler said.

The ionization units could have benefits in a post-COVID world as well, including odor reduction and cleaner air in classrooms.

“Indoor air quality has always been a question for years and years…they said my room feels stuffy or the kids smell, whatever the case may be, by putting this equipment in there, we can take care of odor,” Roehler said.

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Virus delays Parada del Sol parade to April

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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rganizers have delayed the 68th annual Parada del Sol parade to April 17 due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19.

“We are hopeful we can have our historic Parade del Sol Parade in April 2021,” Scottsdale Charros Executive Director Dennis Robbins said.

The Charros took a leading role in producing the event in advance of the 2021 parade in partnership with the City of Scottsdale and the Parada’s leadership team.

The Parada is a local winter staple in Scottsdale, typically hitting the streets in February.

Started in 1957 by the now-defunct Jr. Chamber of Commerce, the parade is one of the city’s last long-standing connections to its roots as “The West’s Most Western Town.”

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will scale back admissions by as much as 96 percent, according to estimates from the Phoenix Thunderbirds, the Valley charitable organization that runs the event.

“The numbers are still fluid based on conversations with the PGA Tour and the City of Scottsdale, but I think ultimately if we could land at a range between 5,000 to 8,000 fans a day total for the tournament, that would be a home run for our organization and in turn local charities,” tournament Chairman Scott Jenkins said.

That’s a significant decrease from a typical year, when the tournament can draw over 200,000 fans in a single day, with 16,000 of those at the popular 16th hole alone.

Tickets are already on sale for packages for the 16th hole and the organizers will announce a decision on the availability of general admission tickets

Organizers behind Scottsdale’s annual Parada del Sol parade have delayed the event until April 17 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Progress file photo)

businesses.”

Once a year, the streets downtown shut down to make way for parade floats from local businesses, schools and civic organizations along with dancing, entertainment and horse riders.

in the coming weeks.

The Thunderbirds have scaled down the 16th hole as well.

This year it will feature a single-story, open-air venue instead of the larger, indoor structures that usually surround the hole “We’re working with them on a new floor plan and making sure we have the square footage, so we can socially distance people and have everybody have a bunch of room,” Jenkins said.

The event, which partnered with Mayo Clinic, has also implemented mitigation protocols to combat virus spread, Jenkins said.

Temperatures will be taken upon entry, and all event goers will be required to wear masks unless they are consuming food or drinks.

“It’s very similar to what we’re all experiencing in restaurant,” Jenkins said. “If you’re moving, you’re wearing a mask; if you’re actively eating and drinking, then it’s tough to do with a

“I truly believe this event brings our community together for a day of celebration, a chance to highlight some of the best of Scottsdale including our schools, businesses and organizations,” Parada del Sol President Wendy Springborn said in 2019.

mask.”

That part of the plan caused concern for Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, because of the Open’s reputation as a party hub.

He questioned how the typical atmosphere at the tournament could impact compliance with safety rules.

The Phoenix Open is famous for its party-like atmosphere and the alcoholfueled behavior of some attendees.

In 2018, sports website SB Nation labeled the Phoenix Open “golf’s most democratic and obscene event.”

Humble said that based on that past behavior, he is not confidant compliance will be high.

“So, you can say there’s masks required, but then you say ‘Oh, unless you’re having a beer,” Humble said.

“That’s like saying ‘no masks.’”

In a press release announcing the event’s new structure, the Thunderbirds emphasized the drastically-re-

The parade is still one of the city’s premier events and draws crowds from all over the Valley.

Robbins said the decision to push back the event was difficult but necessary.

“First, the Charros exist to promote the general welfare of the City of Scottsdale,” he said. “If we are able to help host the parade, we want the participants, the volunteers, and the spectators to feel and be safe.”

Robbins said event sponsors were also wary of supporting an event that could potentially spread COVID-19. “We completely understand that and we do not want to do that either,” he said.

Robbins acknowledged that Scottsdale is “an event town” and the city continues to host scaled-back events.

“However, safety is the key,” he said. “City staff have done an amazing job of balancing the public's safety and the events’ business plans. Taking small, thoughtful steps has worked so far.”

Robbins added, “So, for now we wait to see what the environment looks like in a few months. We are hopeful and realistic that we will only move forward if it is prudent to do so,” he said.

duced admissions, scaled-back 16th hole and noted the “192-acre layout of TPC Scottsdale and the outdoor nature of the tournament is conducive to social distancing.”

Humble, former director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, acknowledged that an outdoor event like the Phoenix Open is safer than any at indoor venues.

“Outdoors is always better than indoors, that’s for sure; in fact, it’s 17 times safer than indoors,” he said.

But Humble said, even with outdoor events, the devil is in the details and it will be up to event organizers and the city to ensure fans are abiding by restrictions.

He said there is low risk if people are walking hole to hole but that changes if a glut of fans flock to the 16th hole and engage in high-risk activities like yelling and cheering.

“Let’s say the 16th hole is going to

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Kalamazoo Promise, a program established through anonymous donations in 2005 that offers college scholarships to any student who graduates from Michigan’s Kalamazoo Public Schools and meets minimum enrollment and residency requirements.

Coronado Foundation president and former SUSD Superintendent Duane Sheldon, who was also a superintendent in Michigan earlier in his career, introduced the idea of promise scholarships.

Over the past year, the foundation has partnered with current SUSD board member Patty Beckman, former Superintendent John Kriekard and the Scottsdale Charros to marshal the resources necessary to expand the scholarship program.

Sheldon said he hopes the Charros can leverage their deep connections in the business community.

“We were looking for the Charros not to necessarily fund this expansion but to help us connect with the community,” he said, noting the Charros are the “key” foundation in Scottsdale with a longtime commitment to education.

Beckman said discussions with the Charros are moving forward and the group hopes to provide the expanded scholarship opportunities by 2022.

Too often students from low-income families give up on post-secondary education before they even enter high school because the financial barriers make it look unrealistic, the foundation’s members said.

“We don’t want finances to be the reason you don’t go to college,” Beckman said.

Added Beckman: “The goal is to take away that financial barrier for kids to thinking, dreaming, trying to achieve the results that would put them in the direction of going on to some sort of after-high-school education, whether it be technical school or a community college.”

That barrier has been growing larger by the year.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, public two-year schools, which Coronado students could potentially afford with promise scholarship money, have seen average tuition and fees go up nearly 83 percent over the past 15 years – from $2,017 in 2006-

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The school also has a number of resources to support students and encourage post-secondary education attainment, including a new pilot preAP course to prepare freshman and sophomores to take AP classes, which can help them earn college credits while still in high school.

Many cities and states around the country already offer promise scholarship programs but have taken different routes to secure funds.

In Nevada, the legislature established the Nevada Promise Scholarship in 2017 that provides up to three years of tuition and other fees not covered by other aid.

In Pennsylvania, the Coronado high school graduates Graciela Parada, Juan Booth and Carlos Mata Tinoco (left to Pittsburgh Promise proright) are the latest recipients of the Coronado Foundation for the Future’s Coronado Promise scholarship. The foundation is working on a plan to expand the program and offer scholarships to vided $120 million in all Coronado graduates. (Photo courtesy of Karen Beckvar) scholarships to 8,161 students, according to its 2007 to $3,700 in 2018-2019. middle school and in grade school even, 2017-18 annual report.

Beckman acknowledged money is not and thinking that money isn’t going to Beckman said the scope of Coronado the only issue that can block students be the reason that they don’t move on Promise will be smaller but include simfrom moving to post-secondary educa- and succeed,” Beckman said. ilar eligibility requirements. tion but said the promise scholarships Beckvar said she hopes the scholar“The dream for us would be to have a would compliment other changes made ship will encourage younger students at Scottsdale Unified School District promat Coronado in recent years.

Coronado’s feeder schools to view post- ise…but we were realistic and we have She said she hopes removing the fi- secondary education as realistic. to focus somewhere and the perfect nancial barrier – coupled with efforts “The key in this community is also place to focus is Coronado,” Beckman to improve academic performance at parent meetings and actually spending said.

Coronado – will result in more students time with parents to talk about…How Arizona Department of Education continuing their education. do you build for that? How do you save data show 67 percent of Coronado stuThe program will likely require stu- for college? How do you prepare your dents qualify for free or reduced-price dents to maintain a 2.5 GPA. It will have students to be ready to go to college?” meal program, an indication of poverty resources in place – including mentors In 2017, the district launched the level households. from community colleges and trade Coronado Success Initiative in collaboThat is significantly higher than schools – to help recipients succeed. ration with Arizona State University and SUSD’s student population as a whole in “Part of this whole thing with the the Charros to boost poor academic per- which 24 percent of students qualify for promise is that we will, in a sense, formance. those programs. promise to keep track of them and folThe district has expanded it to all of Research has shown that students low them and encourage them and ad- Coronado’s feeder schools and Princi- from low-income households attend vise them as necessary as they’re mov- pal Amy Palatucci said it is more of a college at lower rates than their more ing through their college years,” Sheldon resource that gives tools to administer affluent peers. said. a variety of other programs, from inNationwide, federal data showed 9 Sheldon said a liaison already meets creased professional development for percent of students from families earnwith current scholarship winners at teachers to mentoring students. ing less than $30,000 per year received least once a semester.

“I really pushed the message (to teach- private scholarships versus 13 percent “There will be kind of checkpoints ers) my expectations are high because I of students from families earning over along the way but the goal is 100 percent want your expectations to be high. But to get those kids in the mindset, even in I’m going to help you,” she said. see CORONADO page 12

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be 3,000 out of the 8,000 people, and they’re all crammed together; even though it’s outside that’s a potential, super spreader event even though it’s outside, because you’re not moving around.”

Jenkins said the Open did not currently have a specific percentage of the daily attendees that would be admitted to the 16th hole, explaining, ““We’re just not there yet.”

But tournament organizers expressed confidence in their ability to “mitigate risks” for players, fans and volunteers.

Ultimately, if the decision is made by local health officials to allow spectators, it will be a small fraction of the normal capacity at TPC Scottsdale and not any different from what many other professional sports are currently allowing across the country,” according to the Thunderbirds’ release. “The health and safety of fans is our top priority.”

Unless something changes in the coming months, it appears state and local regulators will allow events to continue.

In December, the governor stipulated that cities must post any approved event’s safety plans publicly and dedicate resources to ensure they are enforced.

The safety plan for the Phoenix Open has not yet been posted to the City of Scottsdale’s website.

The Progress requested a copy of the plan from the city but that request was denied because the plan was “in draft and will not be released until it is final.”

The City of Scottsdale has continued to allow large events and youth sports tournaments in line with the Gover-

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$106,000, according to The Hechinger Report.

“Families with experience going to college, they would know how to find that money,” Max Espinoza told The Hechinger Report.

Espinoza, senior vice president at Scholarship America, continued “Firstgeneration students don’t always know it’s out there.”

The Waste Management Phoenix Open can draw over 200,000 fans in a single day in a typical year, but organizers are expecting to host just 5,000 to 8,000 attendees daily at the February 2021 event due to Covid-19. (Photo courtesy Waste Management Phoenix Open)

nor’s orders, with few cancellations.

The Barrett-Jackson collector car auction, the city’s other signature winter event, pushed its 2021 auction from January to March.

As of Dec. 17, the city had safety plans for 22 approved events posted to its website. Those events are approved administratively by city staff, not City Council.

Scottsdale Councilwoman Solange Whitehead said she has concerns about the Phoenix Open and that the city should not rule out a cancellation if necessary.

“Our state is topping national charts,” Whitehead said. “I also have confi-

dence in the commitment and abilities of those planning the event including the Thunderbirds, the PGA and Scottsdale’s City staff.”

“But these are uncertain times and in order to protect public health, every option must remain on the table including canceling the event.”

Right now, a voluntary appears off the table for the Phoenix Open due to scheduling issues with the PGA Tour, according to city staff.

“That date is set for TV and sponsorship. Barrett Jackson was able to move because we had (a) slot open in March that could accommodate his event, the Thunderbirds have this only one slot.

Their charities benefit from the tournament and that involves Scottsdale charities,” according to notes from Assistant City Manager Bill Murphy viewed by the Progress.

Jenkins said the Open – which raised $14 million last year for area charities – was a reason why the organization decided to move forward with in-person attendance.

“With the reduced attendance and the Covid environment, we’re not going to hit that $14 million number, but that’s why we made the decision to try to have fans, because that’s how we raise the money that we do,” Jenkins said.

Coronado High School has already rolled out a number of resources to help families find those scholarships, and the individuals behind the Coronado Promise Scholarship hope to further break down that wall.

They are also hoping the scholarship will provide an incentive for parents to keep their kids at Coronado, which had 845 students at the end of last school year.

There is some evidence that a schol-

arship program could improve enrollment.

According to a 2015 study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo schools reversed enrollment declines after adopting the promise scholarship in 2005.

The pandemic threw a wrench in plans for a broader rollout of the Coronado Promise program but Beckman said the group is still pushing forward.

“We may have to start a little smaller

than we had hoped, but our goal would be definitely the fall of 2021 to say that the program is up and running and then would be ready and available for those kids that graduated in the spring of 2022,” Beckman said.

She said the group is in the process of submitting grant applications but that it is too early to name those organizations they are targeting in the hope of securing funding that can become a resource for students for years to come.

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Neva Thompson of Scottsdale, who is three months shy of turning 101, digs through a gift bag she received from the Adopt a Senior program.

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Scottsdale resident Roger Lurie is a CASA volunteer, which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate.

Scottsdale man one of many helping foster kids

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onnecting with a foster child virtually in a pandemic can be tough, but that hasn’t stopped southern Scottsdale resident Roger Lurie from continuing to volunteer as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA. “I feel like such an important role as being a CASA is building that trusting, nurturing relationship with the child. And it is much more difficult to do that,” said Lurie, a volunteer for Scottsdale-based nonprofit Voices for CASA Children.

Pre-pandemic, Lurie would typically treat his foster youth to lunch, play basketball with them or take them to various activities organized and hosted by VOICES. Now, he has had to communicate and connect with them via phone calls and video chats.

“I feel greatly blessed that Voices for CASA Children exists and is able to provide ideas on activities as well as training courses. And on a couple of occasions during the pandemic, they have provided gift cards,” Lurie said.

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Scottsdale rallies around Adopt A Family program

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eople stepped up in a big way this year for the City of Scottsdale’s annual Adopt a Family program.

All 241 families enrolled in the program were adopted.

The program matches income-eligible families with sponsors who provide food and gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“We had an overwhelming response from the community this year,” said Sue Oh, Human Services specialist, adding that the city is still getting requests from people wanting to be sponsors.

While the program received a similar number of applicants as last year,

Oh said the pandemic has been especially hard on families, many of whom have been in need of rent, mortgage, and utilities assistance.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 26 million adults – 12 percent of all American adults – reported that their household sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the last seven days.

This was far above the pre-pandemic rate, which a survey by the U.S. Agriculture Department put at 3.4 percent in 2019.

For many families experiencing financial hardship, Oh said, “It may be difficult to think about the holidays and presents if you are trying to make sure the bills are paid.”

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cottsdale nonprofit Community Celebrating Diversity has named its 2021 Diversity Champions as it prepares for its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration next month.

Dr. Jan Gehler, former president of Scottsdale Community College, and recently retired Scottsdale Police Chief Alan Rodbell will be honored at the 27th annual King celebration Jan. 14 online.

Diversity Champions are individuals who exemplify King’s philosophy and “have enriched the community by empowering others,” organizers said in a release. Nominees must work, live or volunteer in Scottsdale.

Gehler became Scottsdale Community College’s second president after Dr. Art DeCabooter. She had 21 years in higher education prior to joining the Community College District and retired in 2018 after 10 years at Scottsdale Community.

She was a board member for the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, Community Celebrating Diversity, Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services. She also

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was a member of the Scottsdale Leadership Advisory Committee, Scottsdale Healthcare Advisory Committee and Scottsdale Rotary.

Rodbell was a police executive with 45 years of experience in law enforcement administration.

His most recent 17 years were spent as Scottsdale’s chief. Under his leadership, Scottsdale achieved double digit reductions

in crime.

Rodbell was appointed by the Governor to two state boards, the Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training Board and the Homeland Security Central Regional Advisory Council.

Rodbell served as an advisory board member of the East Valley NAACP and a member of the Arizona Black Law Enforce-

ment Employees Association.

He also worked with the Special Olympics and with the Scottsdale Charros, Community Celebrating Diversity, Health World Education, Horsense, Scottsdale Community College, and Scottsdale Leadership.

This year, the King celebration will be done virtually and streamed through the CCD website.

Ken E. Nwadike, Jr., is the featured 2021 speaker for the event. He is a peace activist, motivational speaker, and video journalist known as the Free Hugs Guy online.

To view the free event: CCDArizona.org on Jan. 14. Sponsorships are still available.

CCD hosts the event with APS. CCD is a Scottsdale-based nonprofit organization that sponsors educational and community events to celebrate and create a greater awareness of our community’s diversity.

Its mission is to “enhance the perception and understanding of diversity, provide opportunities for citizens to recognize our similarities and to acknowledge our differences, and to seek respect for the values of others and the oneness of humanity.”

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“It’s so difficult to really engage and have that same interaction that you’ve got faceto-face,” he continued. “With that said, I feel like I’ve had some misses and I’ve had some successes in terms of interactions with these kids.”

A couple of those successes included eating pizza while video-chatting with his foster child.

He online “shopped” with another.

“One kid is really into trucks, so I shared my screen and brought up the Chevrolet customize your own pickup truck,” Lurie said.

“We created a pickup truck that was like $75,000,” he added with a laugh. “We also play hangman, a variety of activities like that.”

It’s these moments that create a “bright spot” and “cheerful moment” for the foster youth, Lurie said, especially when many youngsters are feeling more isolated.

Lurie said he feels an “increase in depression” among his foster youth.

“I can only fathom living in a group home situation – where you’re not surrounded by relatives and you’re there constantly 24/7. You don’t have that escape.”

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Gift bags were handed out last week and Oh said city staff could not deploy volunteers because of the pandemic.

“We had to come up with different strategies to get things in and out of cars of sponsors and families,” she said. “Overall, the changes made things a lot quicker and easier.”

Last month, 208 families received Thanksgiving bags that included everything for a meal except the turkey.

The bags included $35 gift cards families could use to buy one.

“We are constantly surprised of the generous community. We had a tremendous amount of support and positive feedback for continuing to have the Adopt A Family program this year,” Oh said.

Because the city has a waitlist for the Adopt a Family program, it is requesting monetary donations to help any non-sponsored families on the list.

“This year has been a very difficult

At Arizona Helping Hands’ holiday toy drive on Dec. 8, volunteer elves help fill Santa’s sleigh with donated gifts for children in foster care. Nearly 200 cars came through the drive-through event. (Jim Sharpe) glected children.

CASA speak for the best interests of foster children in the court system.

Committing 15 to 20 hours a month, they also ensure foster children receive the services they need to thrive.

“I liaison with school administrators, school counselors, teachers, therapists, professionals and through the court system, like the Department of Child Safety,” year for everybody,” Oh said. “Students were not able to go to school or see their friends, celebrations and trips were cancelled, jobs were lost, and fear filled our lives. We hope that the food and gifts during the holiday season brings joy and hope.”

The city isn’t the only entity raising money for those in need this holiday season.

Coach House, Scottsdale’s oldest tavern, is raising money for Vista del Camino via their “Keep the Lights On” fundraiser.

“During my conversations with the wonderful people who work for that organization, I learned that people are having a hard time paying for the utilities and their rents,” said Coach House Operations Manager Chelsea Hassler.

For more than 25 years, Coach House hosted its annual toy drive for Vista del Camino. Last year alone, Coach House donated a U-Haul full of toys and $9,500 in cash.

They were unable to host the event

Lurie said.

Volunteers stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a permanent home.

For many abused children, their CASA volunteer is the one constant adult presence in their lives.

“One of the reasons why I feel it’s important to me to continue to be a CASA is our youth is the future of our society,” this year, so Coach House launched a virtual fundraiser at GoFundMe.com.

“We have a long history of supporting Vista del Camino and were devastated that we had to cancel,” Hassler said.

“This year in particular has been especially challenging for everyone, and we feel that it is more important now than ever to help however we can.”

The fundraiser will continue through December.

“We have a really lofty goal,” Hassler said. “We decided on that amount based upon what we raised last year in one weekend.”

All proceeds will go directly to Vista del Camino and Scottsdale Community Partners.

“Vista del Camino is such an important organization and does such amazing work in this community.

The challenges of this year can seem so overwhelming, and there isn’t one person or industry that hasn’t been negatively affected by COVID-19,” Hassler said.

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Lurie added.

“I feel like the success that we’re able to provide for these youth translates to the success of our communities and the success of our society in the long run.”

More than 14,000 Arizona children were living in foster or group homes the first half of this year.

Other ways to support Arizona’s foster youth, specifically during this holiday season, is by donating to Scottsdale Quarter’s Holiday Toy Drive.

Through Dec. 20, it will benefit Phoenix-based AZ Helping Hands, the largest nonprofit provider of essential needs to Arizona’s more than 14,000 children in foster care. This year, Scottsdale Quarter partnered with it to collect donations.

“Our Holiday Toy Drive has provided toys to thousands of children for the past 22 years,” said Dan Shufelt, Executive Director at AZ Helping Hands.

In 2019, AHH annual Holiday Toy Drive provided gift packages to 6,500 boys and girls. This year, that number is much smaller.

According to Shufelt, 3,500 children in foster care will have holiday gifts to open this year.

And to become a CASA volunteer and/ or donate to VOICES: voicesforcasachildren.org.

Vista del Camino provides a variety of services to residents to prevent homelessness, meet the basic needs of individuals and families in crisis, relieve economic and emotional stress, and assist individuals to maintain selfsufficiency.

This year, Vista del Camino has seen a 25 percent increase in families requesting assistance.

“The families that Vista del Camino helps are our neighbors and our friends. We love our Scottsdale community, and it is so important to give back,” Hassler said.

Those interested in donating to Adopt a Family can do so by visiting scottsdaleaz.gov/human-services/ vista-del-camino/adopt-a-family.

Those who’d like to donate to Coach House’s “Keep the Lights On” fundraiser can visit gofundme.com/f/xn5wdkeep-the-lights-on.

“We want to end this year on a good note, so donate, donate, donate, please!” Hassler urged.

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Moms groups’ app maps top decorated homes

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ound up the kids and hop in the car: it’s time to hit the road and embark on a holiday lights tour through the city.

And the North Phoenix Moms and Scottsdale Moms groups have compiled the list of homes to drive to, �ive of which are located in Scottsdale.

“We know the winter holidays look different this time around. We are excited to help families celebrate with this selfguided tour all season long!” said Kate Eschbach, co-owner of both North Phoenix Moms and Scottsdale Moms blogs and author of the holiday lights tour.

Eschbach’s teams asked their contributors for their favorite places to look at neighborhood lights “and they had outstanding input,” she said.

After spending about a week compiling the list of the most festive homes, they created the tour on the Built Story smartphone app and launched it just af-

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ter Thanksgiving.

And it’s been a hit.

“We’ve had about 100 people tour so far,” Eschbach said.

“There are so many fantastic neighborhoods that work hard to make the night lights special, so we wanted to be sure that all visitors and new families knew about the neighborhood lights in our area,” she added.

Available on Built Story, an app that allows locals to create their own self-guided tours in their area, the “Holiday Light Favorites Tour” features 10 stops stretching near- North Phoenix Moms and Scottsdale Moms created a self-guided tour of the most festive holiday ly 53 miles, starting in homes and neighborhood light displays. It’s available for free on the Built Story app.

Moon Valley and ending (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) in Tempe.

Half the homes are in the works, including ones in Scottsdale.

Scottsdale and include a home on Vol“We are brainstorming all sorts of taire Avenue, the Cox Family’s home on ideas to highlight the special events and Via Del Palacio and Winter Wonder on features of Scottsdale,” she added.

Valley Vista Drive – Chris Birkett’s home, Built Story allows locals everywhere also known for its annual, beyondto open a map, and immediately �ind spooky haunted house on Halloween. self-guided tours in their area.

“My family loved stops four and �ive!”

The app also allows creators such as Eschbach said referring to two homes Eschbach, local bloggers, parents, stoin Phoenix – one on Michelle Drive and rytellers, history buffs, tour guides and another on Grovers Avenue. “The neighothers to share their knowledge of hisborhood was so friendly, and everyone tory, holiday cheer, family activities, arwas out waving to the kids and wishing chitecture and more by creating tours them happy holidays.” from home.

Tours typically cost $10 each and Tour that window.

Once created, the tours are available Creators earn revenue each time their “We wanted to give everyone a chance 24/7 on the Built Story marketplace, tour is sold. to download the app and give us feed- where Tour Takers can access them via But Eschbach wanted to offer the holi- back on the tour,” Eschbach said of their the app available on iOS and Android. day lights tour for free for a limited time, decision to offer it free of cost.

To take the tour, download the Built allowing users full access to the tour for The holiday lights tour is their �irst Story app at builtstory.com, and search 30 days. published tour on Built Story but it for “Scottsdale Moms and North PhoeUsers can start, stop, pause and retake won’t be their last. nix Moms Holiday Light Favorites the tour as many times as they’d like in Eschbach said they have other tours in Tour.”

“My family loved stops four and five!

The neighborhood was so friendly, and everyone was out waving to the kids and wishing them happy holidays.”

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Chaparral captures �irst championship since 2011

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he start of the 2020 football season for Chaparral was met with turmoil as the program was forced to cancel its �irst three games of the season due to COVID-19.

Coach Brent Barnes said the cancellations were a wakeup call of sorts for his team, and motivated them down the stretch to complete the minimum �ive games to make the postseason.

Chaparral did just that. At Desert Vista High School Dec. 12, the Firebirds completed the pandemic-shortened season as the 6A Conference champions after beating Highland, 24-14.

“I’m just completely thrilled for our kids,” Barnes said. “Every chance they got to be on our football �ield for practice, they took full advantage of. I think they learned a lot from what they went through and to see them have the ultimate prize at the end during the most trying and dif�icult season for everybody, it’s a blessing.”

Chaparral’s ability to slow down Highland’s high-powered offense paid dividends for the Firebirds Dec. 12.

Highland senior running back Max Davis, who became the school’s all-time leading rusher in the Hawks’ win over Boulder Creek in the semi�inals, was held to 78 yards on the ground and a touchdown — below his typical output of well nearly 100 yards a game.

Chaparral’s defensive line, led by 6-foot5, 270-pound junior defensive tackle Anthony Lucas, pressured Highland junior quarterback Gage Dayley on several occasions and forced errant throws. Dayley managed to escape pressure at times but was sacked twice by Chaparral linebacker Diego Echavarria and Lucas. The junior �inished 14-of-22 for 130 yards and an interception off a tipped pass that

Chaparral captured its first 6A State Championship since 2011 Saturday afternoon at Desert Vista High School after defeating Highland 24-14. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff)

ultimately sealed the game.

“We missed on deep shots. We had them and we missed them,” Highland coach Brock Farrel said. “They did enough to throw us off, but I think more so we threw ourselves off. Sometimes you have to get to the championship to learn from those mistakes.

“It’s a great step to get to the championship. We can now hit the reset button but the expectations are the same and the kids are hungry.”

As Chaparral’s defense did to Highland, the Hawks defense also caused headaches for the Firebirds. An equally highpowered offense was limited both on the ground and threw the air.

Chaparral junior quarterback Brayton Silbor made plays when called upon, including a 61-yard pass to wideout Cooper

Nemeth in the fourth quarter, but was unable to �ind the same consistent rhythm he and the rest of the offense had become accustomed to in week’s past. Silbor completed 17-of-24 passes for 160 yards but didn’t �ind the end zone.

Jared Williams, Chaparral’s senior running back who sat out due to injury in the semi�inals, was still less than 100 percent for the title game. He started most of the �irst quarter but was then held out a majority of the second, returning to the �ield with just 14 seconds remaining in the half to score from three yards out. It was the �irst of two touchdowns Williams scored on the day to go along with 40 yards on the ground. His second score, another three-yard run this time out of wildcat formation, extended Chaparral’s lead in the fourth quarter.

“I told him he was going to score the game-winning touchdown. I don’t know if you can call it that, but he had two that were huge,” Barnes said of Williams. “I’m so happy for him. He’s been such a great kid in our program, a great teammate, just a great person.

“For him to still be a big part of this game even though he’s honestly after that �irst drive, 20 percent, he’s playing on one leg at running back. But just his �ight and his will, he wanted to be out there.”

Williams was at just a young age when his dad, Steven, was an assistant under former Chaparral coach and current Tempe Union High School District Athletic Director Dave Huf�ine when the Firebirds last won a state title in 2011.

He still remembers running onto the �ield and vowing to win another championship for Chaparral.

Despite playing injured, he was able to accomplish his dream.

“I can’t even describe a word for this, it feels amazing,” Williams said. “I wasn’t able to go and do cuts like I used to but my coach trusted me. Even off the ball I couldn’t go full speed but once I got the ball, I knew what I had to do.

“Just having this feeling, it’s so amazing, I’m pumped.”

Highland’s �irst trip to the state championship game in program history didn’t end the way the Hawks had hoped, but it further proves they are a program on the rise.

Since Farrel took over in 2017, Highland has made the playoffs every year, including the semi�inals twice and this year’s title game. The loss only further fuels the �ire already billowing around the program.

“This just adds to the �ire,” Dayley said.

“I love my guys. This was the best senior class. Expect the same thing next year but with a ring. I want one of those before I leave high school.”

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rivate al fresco “igloo” dining; the merry sounds of the Goode Time Carolers and Dickens Carolers; a romantic evening stargazing with a piping-hot hot chocolate in-hand.

No need to travel far to take part in these elevated holiday experiences. All three Christmas experiences are available at the new northern Scottsdale hotel, ADERO Scottsdale.

“This year, the holidays are a little different for most of us,” said ADERO Scottsdale General Manager Dieter Schmitz. “We wanted to activate what is simply stellar views and an escape setting that also allows privacy and feels like your own personal escape to a holiday village.”

For those craving dinner inside their own snow globe under the stars, The Village at ADERO has four unique dining spheres.

Designed by Arizona-based designer Robyn Halperin of Robyn’s Nest, the globes are divided into two specially themed experiences: “Cozy Lounges Under the Stars” and “Cozy Dining” globes.

Guests will be serenaded by carolers as they enjoy a dedicated private server, craft cocktails and crafted menu that features Kaluga Hybrid Caviar, �ig and arugula �latbread and more.

The Village at ADERO – which offers three seatings an evening at 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. – extends through Jan. 10.

“The response so far has been truly outstanding,” Schmitz said. “After our �irst sneak peek post went out on social media, we immediately received several likes, comments, DMs, and phone calls. We have no doubt the Globes will be a sell-out culinary experience, and

Dine al fresco in your own holiday igloo bubble. The Village at ADERO debuted four unique dining globes at the northern Scottsdale resort on Dec. 16 and patrons can book the globes through Jan. 10. (ADERO Scottsdale, an Autograph Collection hotel) we encourage everyone to make their reservations early.”

All reservations, which require a $200 food and beverage minimum, are limited to 90-minute seatings with a minimum of two guests and a max of six. Buyouts of all four globes are also possible.

“We know there is an immense desire to be able to enjoy what most love during the holiday season, great cocktails and food, in a safe way, and The Village is an amazing means to doing so,” Schmitz said.

The day after the debut of The Village ADERO, the Goode Time Carolers, the No. 1 caroling company in Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, New York and Nashville, and the Dickens Carolers, who have performed at Disneyland, Disney Hong Kong and Disney Shanghai, began

performing at ADERO. Their remaining performances take place Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 5-8 p.m.

But before then, ADERO Scottsdale will host its �irst-ever Stargazing Winter Solstice Viewing Party 6-9 p.m. Dec. 21.

At the Viewing Party, guests 21 years of age and older can enjoy a hot chocolate bar with assorted condiments, including homestyle marshmallows, candy canes, salted caramel pretzel stirrers, chipotle chili sprinkles, peppermint bark with sea salt, fresh �lavored whipped creams, like peppermint, mocha, and vanilla, as well as gingerbread cookies and spiked ciders.

The event, which costs $15 person and is capped at 50 attendees, is a continuation of ADERO’s partnership with

the Star Dudes, who are all board members of local nonpro�it Fountain Hills Dark-Sky Association.

The organization is dedicated to educating the community about the advantages of smart light and protecting the dark sky – a topic about which ADERO is clearly passionate as its the region’s �irst Dark Sky Zone resort.

“Attendees can take part in a once-ina-lifetime event as the Star Dudes take them on a tour of the galaxy, including the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn,” Schmitz said. “On this night, these two largest planets will appear closer to each other than they have in 800 years.”

ADERO will follow COVID-19 cleaning protocols throughout both their globe dining and stargazing experiences.

At The Village, mask-wearing ADERO staff will remove and wash all throw blankets found inside each globe after every reservation. They also deepclean all surfaces and seating areas in between shifts, using an electrostatic sprayer to sanitize the furniture and space of the globe at the conclusion of each evening.

“Patrons will always be required to wear masks and are permitted to remove them only while eating and drinking in the privacy of their globes,” Schmitz said.

Carolers will also wear masks and face shields during their performances.

“This year has been a year of adaptation,” Schmitz said. “Our festive season offerings provide our guests with traditional holiday cheer in a way that is safe, sanitized, and socially distant.”

Schmitz said it is important to the ADERO team to provide cheer and joy this season in a “safe and special” setting.

“We want to be that home away from home for our guests every year,” he said.

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very year, Phoenix nonpro�it Ryan House hosts its White Christmas Gala, a signature black-tie event where nearly 200 guests raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for families facing life-limiting or end-of-life journeys.

Last year, the annual gala raised nearly $235,000 for its downtown Phoenix facility, where families in need receive pediatric respite and hospice care.

This year, Ryan House postponed the gala and launched a new, pandemicfriendly fundraiser: Sip. Savor. Dine.

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Award-winning chef Alex Stratta, owner of Stratta Kitchen in Scottsdale, is one of many chefs and restaurants participating in Ryan House’s new fundraiser, Sip. Savor.

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“While it’s always dif�icult to cancel such a beloved event, based on our current environment with COVID, it’s clearly the right decision to keep all of our friends and supporters safe,” said Ryan House Executive Director Tracy Leonard-Warner.

Sip. Savor. Dine. Culinary Experiences offers culinary experiences from Arizona’s best chefs and restaurants, including a slew of Scottsdale restaurants such as Stratta Kitchen, Maple and Ash, Cafe Monarch and more.

“A number of us have personal connections to the Arizona culinary scene and wanted to be able to support our local restaurants while providing our donors an opportunity to continue to support Ryan House,” LeonardWarner said.

Experiences range from $1,000 for Family Fun experiences at restaurants such as Fox Restaurant Concepts’ Blanco Tacos + Tequila to $10,000 for a private, in-home meal for up to 10 people prepared by award-winning chef Alessandro “Alex” Stratta – the fundraiser’s largest package.

“Our involvement with Ryan House comes from the heart and a desire to help in any way that I can have the most impact,” Stratta said. “By offering meals and catering, we put our best foot forward in joining a community of people who have a need to help those with fewer options provided to them at this time in their lives.”

Other packages include the $5,000 Exceptional Dining Experiences package, featuring Barrio Café, FnB, Mastro’s restaurants, Ocean 44 and more.

Fox Concepts sales director Keri Mahoney said “What you can expect is a great time with your friends and/or family in our exclusive private test kitchen at The Henry.”

Maple & Ash ”will be catering each dining experience around the group to ensure a unique and special dining experience, showcasing the best of our

Maple & Ash’s $5,000 Sip. Savor. Dine. Culinary Experiences package will provide a “unique experience catered to [purchasers],” said Maple & Ash Marketing Manager Rudé van Eck. (Maple & Ash) menu and ambiance in the restaurant,” said restaurant marketing Manager Rudé van Eck. Leonard-Warner said Ryan House hopes to raise $230,000.

In the midst of the pandemic, Ryan House’s families are in need of the nonpro�it’s care and programs now more than ever.

According to Leonard-Warner, their families are currently facing increased stress of keeping their immune-compromised children safe and lack of school for their medically fragile children and their siblings Families are also dealing with �inancial hardship and costly medical care as well as caregiver burnout due to the 24-hour-per-day demands of caring for a terminally ill child.

“Respite care is not currently reimbursed by insurance. We rely solely on donations from this generous community,” Leonard-Warner explained.

“The daily cost of caring for each child is just over $1,000 and each gift supports the care and the environment in which it is provided. This year our

operating budget is close to $3 million.”

“And while getting the same level of support is dif�icult, we have amazing supporters in the community who have stepped up where they are able to assist the children and families we serve,” Leonard-Warner said.

That includes the Sip. Savor. Dine.’s participating restaurants.

This is Maple & Ash’s �irst time helping to raise money for Ryan House and van Eck said it won’t be their last.

“We hope to make this an ongoing partnership for future fundraisers with the organization,” van Eck said, adding that the Maple & Ash team would like to get in touch with and help more nonpro�its.

Those interested in partnering with Maple & Ash can reach out to van Eck at rvaneck@mapleandash.com.

The Sip. Savor. Dine. fundraiser also accepts smaller donations. Visit Ryan House’s website at ryanhouse.org/sipsavor-dine to take part in the fundraiser and/or donate any amount.

“When we have, we give; when we give, we share!” Stratta added.

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Known by her friends as a welltraveled, intelligent and strong woman, she had a unique joie de vivre. She was a special person who dedicated her life to her family & friends and to the betterment of underprivileged children.

Gail had a long, decorated career in education, which began right after her graduation from Hunter College (NY). She started her career as an elementary school teacher and later, as a guidance counselor for the NYC Board of Education. For the final 15 years of her career, she worked for her dear friend and mentor, Vita Bogart, at P106, a school for children who faced challenging upbringings and had special needs. Their friendship dated back to 1965 when Vita & Gail taught at PS 64 Manhattan.

Proud of her educational accomplishments, Gail earned multiple post-graduate degrees from St. John’s (NY), LIU-Brooklyn, & Adelphi Universities.

She received top honors for her studies in Education, History & Counseling.

While studying for her Master of Arts in African History at St. John’s, Gail met her husband. In 1969, she married Francis Sallustro in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In 1972, their only child, Evan Lee, was born in New York.

She followed Evan’s path from New York to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area in 2001 and immensely enjoyed her retirement years. She connected with fellow Board of Ed retirees, explored the world with close friends, often via cruise ships…her preferred way of exploring. She was an avid supporter of the arts, a member of several museums in Arizona, the Desert Botanical Garden & local performing arts theaters. She often mentioned how the beautiful, modern amenities of her neighborhood in North Scottsdale made life in retirement so pleasurable.

Gail was a voracious reader. She stayed informed with daily deliveries of the New York Times and Arizona Republic and kept her postman busy with deliveries of the New Yorker, The Economist & the NY Review of Books. As a hostess, she entertained with flair, loved preparing gourmet menus paired with intelligent debate and sophisticated conversation. In her later years, she was most proud of her remarkable ability to visit a casino and leave with more money than she would start with.

She leaves behind many close, trusted friends & loved ones who will miss her phone calls, clever greeting cards & electronic correspondence. For decades, Gail was a central figure in a grand Thanksgiving tradition shared with her beloved friend, Louise Gould of Portola Valley, CA. Their friendship dated back to the first semester of Hunter College. Louise was there for Gail during every peak and valley of her adult life and was there supporting her on the phone until the very end of her life.

From her humble beginning in a tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to her hillside home in the shadows of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, she had quite a remarkable ride.

There are no formal services or memorials. The family wants to thank Hospice of the Valley for their dedication on loving service to Gail over the last several weeks. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to be sent to Hospice of the Valley at HOV.org/donate

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17-BA-2020 (Garcia Variance Approval Request) Request by owner for a variance to the City of Scottsdale Zoning Ordinance, Section 5.504.G. pertaining to wall height within the required front yard setback for a property with SingleFamily Residential (R1-7) zoning located at 8637 E Starlight Way. Staff contact person is Desirae Mayo, 480-312-4218. Applicant contact person is Catherine Garcia, (480) 228-1465.

18-BA-2020 (2820 N 70th Place and storage shed.) Request by owner for two variances to the City of Scottsdale Zoning Ordinance, Section 5.504.E.5. pertaining to the required front yard setback along the longer street frontage for a corner lot property and Section 5.504.I.1.a and Section 5.504.I.2.a pertaining to accessory buildings located in the front yard on a corner lot property with Single-Family Residential (R1-7) zoning located at 2820 N 70th Place. Staff contact person is Desirae Mayo, 480-312-4218. Applicant contact person is Lee Lyons, (602) 615-2198.

19-BA-2020 (Sherwood Heights Appeal) Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's written interpretation, dated October 19, 2020; related to Section 7.201.A. Adjustment of front yard requirements, as applicable to a corner lot within the R110 PRD Zoning District. Staff contact person is Nate Tonnemacher, 480-3124205. Applicant contact person is George A Schade Jr, (480) 949-8946.

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