Members

Southwest Human Development www.swhd.org Recognizing the critical importance of the first few years of life, Southwest Human Development (SWHD) focuses on very young children ages birth to five and their families. The agency currently operates more than 40 public and private programs and projects in five primary categories: child health and welfare, early literacy, services for children with disabilities, Head Start, and training for early childhood professionals. This year, SWHD served 135,000 children and their families. It is one of the largest non-profit agencies in Arizona and the state’s largest community-based organization of its kind. The mission of Southwest Human…

One Small Step, Inc. www.clothescabin.org One Small Step, Inc. operates The Clothes Cabin at 1100 N. Alma School Rd., Suite 9, Chandler to provide free clothing and linens to people in need. Store hours are 9 to 3, Tuesday and Wednesday. Donations are also accepted at the back door on Monday and Thursday 10 to 2. The clothing provided by Clothes Cabin is clean, without any stains, holes, or excessive wear. Clients may come once a month, five times in 12 months, to get clothes for the entire family. A photo ID is required. Clothes Cabin also provides free laundry…

Association for Supportive Child Care www.asccaz.org The Association for Supportive Child Care (ASCC) is a progressive and energetic agency that has provided a variety of services to child care providers, families, and children since 1976. Our mission is to enhance the quality of care for children in Arizona.

Community Legal Services www.clsaz.org Community Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm that provides civil legal assistance to low income Arizonans residing in Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, Yuma and LaPaz counties.

The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Christian organization with it’s ‘heart to God and it’s hand to man’. We assist the people of Chandler, Gilbert, Sun Lakes, Higley and San Tan Valley with food, rental and utility assistance and other forms of help to meet basic needs and we also have an after school program at summer day camp program to assist with tutoring and recreational needs of young people in our area.

Resurrection Street Ministry, Inc. We serve the afflicted, addicted, lost, homeless, U.S. Veterans and poor. Our primary service to the Community is providing food through prepared meals at sites around the Valley and food boxes through a coop with Manna Food Bank. In 2010 Resurrection/Manna provided more than 45,000 food boxes and assisted by providing the food for preperation or directly making more than 500,000 meals. Through the S.T.U.F.F. Thrift Store more than 10,000 items and tons of clothing were given away to Veterans or other needy people. In 2011 we began providing rides to low income Veterans and Disabled…

Harvest for Humanity www.harvestforhumanity.com Since 1991 we have been organically growing fruits and vegetables on vacant lots here in the East Valley and donating the produce to local food banks, shelters and other non profit organizations. We currently do this on donated land with the help and support of local businesses and volunteers and on a shoe-string budget. Our mission in not only to get great, local, nutrient dense produce to our food banks for families in need, but also to educate the community in eco-friendly, healthy and more sustainable ways of living. We are a great place for volunteers,…

Chandler Education Foundation www.ChandlerEdFoundation.org The Chandler Education Foundation (CEF) is the non profit educational partner of the Chandler Unified School District. 25 years strong, we remain committed to our vision of raising significant funds to support excellence in education, community service and life long learning. CEF provides classroom and school wide grants to our CUSD teachers and provide post secondary scholarships to our granduating high school seniors.

Chandler Symphony Orchestra thechandlersymphony.org For almost twenty years, the Chandler Symphony Orchestra has been serving the community, offering concerts to the public, free of charge. Families discover exquisite music of exceptional quality at an unbelievable price!

Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank www.matthewscrossing.org Uniting our community in the fight against hunger by providing food and basic necessities to our neighbors in need. COMPASSION • DIGNITY • HOPE OUR MISSION Matthew’s Crossing is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization which provides people with food assistance. It is our goal to help alleviate hunger by providing food for families and individuals through our community of volunteers and resources. Each month we feed more than 3,000 people. Most of our clients are working families. They are employed full-time or part-time, and yet still are in need of supplemental food. We also serve…

Foundation for Blind Children www.seeitourway.org

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona www.helparizonayouth.org

AWEE AWEE.org

Friends of Chandler Library www.chandlerlibrary.org

UMOM New Day Centers www.umom.org

ICAN www.icanaz.org

About Care www.aboutcare.org About Care provides free support services for the homebound elderlyl and disabled in Chandler and Gilbert.

East Valley JCC www.evjcc.org

EMPACT-SPC www.empact-spc.com

Chandler Christian Community Center www.chandlerfoodbank.org

Junior Achievement of Arizona www.jaaz.org

WiL Power Challenge, Winning is Losing, Inc www.wilpowerchallenge.com

Chandler Center for the Arts www.chandlercenter.org

Best Buddies Arizona www.bestbuddiesarizona.org The mission of Best Buddies Arizona (BBAZ) is to establish a statewide volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). BBAZ has programs at 36 high schools, eight middle schools and two colleges in Maricopa County. It also has a citizens program which helps adults with IDD. For our school youth programs (middle school and high school), BBAZ matches students with IDD with their student peers without IDD, improving the educational environments and providing afterschool enrichment. The peer buddy (student without IDD) mentors the buddy…

Chandler CARE Center ww2.chandler.k12.az.us

Chandler Christian Community Center www.chandlerfoodbank.org