Leading in the Moment: Community Impact and Solutions

Leading in the Moment: Community Impact and Solutions

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Leading in the Moment: Community Impact and Solutions
  • Goodwill Reopened 21 Valley Stores

    Goodwill reopened 21 of their 90 stores in the valley so they can continue providing and finding jobs for people in need of work. Courtney Nelson, VP of Marketing and Communications at Goodwill, talks about the behind the scenes effort required to reopen those retail locations. In addition, Goodw...

  • Vitalant Helping Manage Blood Donations Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

    While COVID-19 takes over healthcare headlines, the need to care for those with other medical conditions continues. Blood donations dropped significantly due to school and business closures plus the need for social distancing. Vitalant is taking measures to safely collect donations for those who ...

  • How United Food Bank is Leading in the Moment

    Our community's need for food from United Food Bank increased by 400% with the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, corporate volunteer groups cancelled and large food donations from companies decreased. UFB CEO Dave Richins discusses how the community has stepped up to fill the need for meals an...

  • Adapting to a Virtual Learning Environment

    "Appreciation for teachers is going up dramatically."

    Peter Cohen, president of University of Phoenix, shares some valuable tips and advice as parents and teachers have had to quickly adapt to a virtual learning environment.

    For access to helpful webinars visit: https://www.phoenix.edu/student...

  • Healthcare Workers Offered Free Hotel Stay with 'Operation Sleep Safe"

    Jennifer Schrader, president and COO of Caliber, talks about Operation Sleep Safe which her real estate development firm started on April 1st and will run through the end of May. Operation Sleep Safe provides free hotel stays to Valley healthcare workers and medical personnel that are on the fron...

  • Demand for Telemedicine Appointments Rapidly Increases

    Dr. Susan Wilder, CEO and founder of Lifescape Premier, talks about the benefits of Telemedicine and how these appointments have rapidly increased during this COVID 19 time. She also discusses the silver linings of quarantine when it comes to many of her patients suffering from depression.
    For mo...

  • Phoenix Schools Offering Meals Throughout Coronavirus Closure

    Stephanie Parra, governing board president of Phoenix Union High School District, talks about how students and families are dealing with the closure of schools in terms of online education and daily meals. She also talked about ways to ensure workers stay safe when distributing curbside meals and...

  • Help Arizona’s Seniors Combat Coronavirus

    Tom Egan, President and CEO, Foundation for Senior Living, shares some of the most pressing needs for Arizona's senior community and how we can help. The demand for senior care services is greater than ever, and they are in need of assistance to help Arizona Seniors during this unprecedented time.

  • Valley Church Provides Free Food and Supplies

    Brian Anderson, senior pastor of Vineyard Church North Phoenix, talks about partnering with Convoy of Hope last week to give away supplies for valley families in need during this COVID-19 crisis. Over 600 people made their way through the church parking lot to receive items such as paper towels, ...

  • How Cox Communications is Leading in the Moment

    Susan Anable, COX VP of Public and Government Affairs, shares what COX is doing in the moment to help out the community including free wi-fi, equipment donation to hospitals and free advertising for restaurants.

  • Help for Nonprofits During COVID-19 Virus

    Carla Vargas Jasa, CEO of Valley of the Sun United Way shares how our local nonprofit community is being impacted during this unprecedented time and challenges all of us to think differently about how we can leverage our resources to solve community issues. VSUW launched the United for the Valley...

  • Restaurant Donates Food to Food Bank After Closing for COVID-19

    Jack Barz, co-owner of Organ Stop Pizza, shares the struggles of temporarily closing his restaurant because of COVID-19. Although this closure is emotional, the Organ Stop Pizza team was able to create something positive out of it by donating all the food they had to United Food Bank.

  • Thunderbirds Donate $1 Million to Arizona Charities in COVID-19 Response

    Chance Cozby, executive director of the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the Big Chief of the Thunderbirds, talked about the decision making process behind the Thunderbird's emergency $1 million COVID-19 response fund to Arizona charities that are in dire need during this COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

  • How can businesses respond to the COVID-19 virus?

    Small and large businesses are feeling the impact of the COVID-19 virus. Robin Reed, president + CEO of Black Chamber of Arizona, walks us through how businesses can respond to COVID-19 virus and how to find opportunities to make progress while coronavirus is still affecting Arizona’s businesses.

  • What makes a good leader during a crisis like COVID-19?

    What makes a good leader during a crisis like COVID-19? CEO of Arizona's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Monica Villalobos talks about how leaders step-up in times of crisis. She also walks small business owners through some important steps to take before making the decision to apply for financial a...

  • COVID-19 Response: Find a Job with Arizona Employers Hiring

    If you or someone you know lost their job because of COVID-19 use the link below get connected with employers in Arizona who are currently hiring.The CEO of The Greater Phoenix Economic Council Chris Camacho shares the launch of a new website built to help ease the coronavirus economic impact by ...

  • Coronavirus' Impact on Local Sports

    As a results of COVID-19, sports across the globe have been cancelled or postponed. We caught up with Bruce Cooper, 12 News (KPNX) sports director, on the state of local and national sports right now. In addition to updating us on the proposed plans of each professional league regarding a return ...

  • COVID-19 Prevention and Response from Homeless Services

    How is COVID-19 impacting the homeless population? We spoke with Mike McQuaid and Amy Schwabenlender from Human Services Campus on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the campus, how they are keeping their members and employees safe and how they are encouraging social distancing practices. Vir...