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Meet Tao-Porchon Lynch at the 4th Annual Senior Awards Luncheon
4th Annual Senior Awards Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort Ninety seven year old Tao Porchon-Lynch has set the world on fire and has been covered by media around the globe from CNN, NBC and CBS to BBC, AlJazeera and India...
The Tuskegee Airmen The Archer – Ragsdale Arizona Chapter to receive the Dick Gregory Humanitarian Award
4th Annual Senior Awards Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort The Tuskegee Airmen In 1939, the winds of war howled fiercely across Europe and the Far East. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was just 75 years old, Black...
Lester Strong. 2015 Community Collaboration Award Recipient – Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort
Lester Strong is Vice President of External Affairs and Experience Corps, a program of the AARP Foundation which tutors and mentors elementary school children (K-3) who struggle with reading by utilizing the skills and experiences of adults 50+. Experience Corps...
Dr. Pearl Tang, 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient – Friday, September 25, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort
Dr. Tang’s path to success was not an easy one. She had to overcome the many challenges and obstacles that a Chinese American woman doctor faced in the early 1950’s. Dr. Tang’s husband, a young lawyer at the time, appeared before the Medical Licensure Board, in one...
Gregory’s Fresh Market Recognized At Awards Luncheon
Mobile farmer’s market company and healthy eating advocate Gregory’s Fresh Market (GFM) recently received the Community Collaboration Award from Empowerment Systems, Inc. during the organization’s Fifth Annual Power of Wellness Luncheon held at the Arizona Biltmore....
Living the Dream MLK Awards Breakfast
I was inspired by a speech many years ago where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated “Life’s Most Persistent and Urgent Question Is: What Are You Doing For Others?” Five years ago, I founded Gregory’s Fresh Market because I was committed and passionate about wanting to...
Thanks to the SRP African American Cultural Committee
The Salt River Project's "African American Cultural Committee" has been gracious in its support for the work that we do in the Greater Phoenix community. This year, Gregory's Fresh Market was the benefit recipient of the 9th Annual Evening of Fun, Music &...
2014 Year-End Review
As we begin a new year in earnest, I would like to recap 2014 to build upon these experiences and achievements to reach even greater heights for 2015. Thanks to the countless volunteers, sponsors, supporters, Service Coordinators, Celebrated Seniors and all of the...
Celebrating the Accomplishments of Service Coordinator, Yudi Cesar Broadway Terrace
Yudi Cesar has been the site manager at Broadway Terrace for more than four years. The Service Coordinator role is one of her many roles. Yudi comments, “being a part of a non-profit organization that provides safe, secure, and affordable housing to seniors is one of...