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Kyrene Corridor Edition May 15 - 28, 2010 Vol. 21, No. 11 Serving South Tempe and West Chandler since 1991 One-time Corona del Sol wrestling standout Jesse Forbes is still going to the mats, now as a contender in the big-time Ultimate Fighting Championship May 29 at the MGM Grand. Story, Page 30 Wrangler News photo by Jake Novy Wrangler News • May 15 - 28, 2010 • Page 2 Students at Corona del Sol High School gathered during their Cody Thomas Bishop lunch hour May 11 to bid a tearful farewell 1992 - 2010 to one of their own, Cody Bishop, an 18-year-old senior only days away from graduating when a collision took his life. Police said the other driver, who was traveling in excess of 80 mph, collided with Cody’s car at Ray and Rural roads on May 6. The students’ otherwise somber farewell ended with the joyful release of balloons, the best celebration they could manage after so suddenly losing a friend. 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CarolRoyse.com Wrangler News • May 15 - 28, 2010 • Page 4 For needy and homeless, she makes a lot of programs better Beth Fiorenza honored as non profits’ ‘Executive of Year’ By Slim Smith of the 10-year-old organization’s eighth other services. “Even people in the middle class ost people are familiar with annual Nonprofit “Director of the Year’ The number of volunteers needed are suffering and feeling the pinch of the slogan for the giant Awards. for something on that scale is pretty the economy now, so we want to be Mchemical company BASF: In her role as director of TCAA, amazing.’’ responsive to that,’’ says Fiorenza, “We don’t make a lot of the Fiorenza has played an integral role in While not directly involved in who actively pursues grants and products you buy; we make a lot of the establishing and coordinating efforts providing food and lodging, Fiorenza other funding to help those in crisis. products you buy better.’’ by the city’s faith community to supply and TCAA provide the critically Through TCAA, families have access You can tweak that slogan a bit and the needs of the homeless. important administrative and logistical to emergency rent and utility funds in come up with a pretty good description The partnership, known as the support that keeps the program addition to the traditional meal service of Beth Fiorenza’s role in helping the Interfaith Homeless Emergency running smoothly and efficiently. typically associated with charities. needy and homeless in Tempe. Lodging Program (I-HELP), provides “Our agency provides the “We see people coming to our As executive director for Tempe lodging and meals for the homeless. It administrative support that is needed food pantries who have never been Community Action Agency, south is the only homeless shelter program to keep in growing and thriving,’’ says in that situation and that can be very Tempe resident Fiorenza doesn’t start in Tempe and, in just four years, Fiorenza. traumatizing,’’ she says. new programs to aid those in need has become something of a model of “We’re here to support them. “Really, we are seeing the full as much as she helps those programs collaboration and efficiency, due in We don’t have a big budget, so it’s spectrum of poverty, from the already in existence optimize their large part to Fiorenza’s tireless efforts extremely important that we are homeless on the one end to those efforts. and skills as an administrator. efficient in what we do. who are being threatened through And at a time when every volunteer “It really is amazing to be a part of “And I have to say that it has circumstances beyond their control.’’ hour and dollar is critical, Fiorenza’s something like this,’’ says Fiorenza, worked better than we could have even The key for the latter group, skills as an administrator have taken who has been the TCAA director for six imagined. We can provide food and Fiorenza says, is the sort of on a heightened importance. years. lodging for about intervention that will keep them from While such behind-the-scenes work “When it started, there were just $10 per person, which is pretty joining the ranks of the homeless. three organizations and a handful amazing when you think about it.’’ often escapes public notice, it has not “The crisis services are really of volunteers. But in just a few short I-HELP is just one of the many gone unnoticed by her peers among the focus of our organization. Arizona’s nonprofit executives. years, it has grown into a partnership programs that Fiorenza and the TCAA among the faith community of 25 are involved in. Much of what we do on that level is The Organization of Nonprofit preventative. Executives has chosen Fiorenza for its organizations that either provide The organization also coordinates “We want to help people stay in Community Partnership Award as part lodging and other organizations and programs to help those for whom the service clubs that provide meals and slumping economy has threatened. their homes.’’ attention Adults 60+: Tempe Community Action Agency, a private non-profit organization, offers MEAL DELIVERY WEEKDAYS TO YOUR DOOR… a Career Where X-Ray Vision And Home Delivered Meals: TCAA delivers more than 250 meals per Federal Benefits Come Standard day to homebound seniors and disabled adults. To qualify for the Home Delivered Meals program, please call the Area Agency on Aging Senior Helpline at (602) 264-HELP (4357). MEALS ON THE MOVE: is a private pay meal service for qualifying individuals 3KRHQL[6N\+DUERU,QWHUQDWLRQDO$LUSRUW 60 years and better, at the cost of $6.00 per meal. TCAA Staff will conduct a phone ,V1RZ+LULQJ7UDQVSRUWDWLRQ6HFXULW\2IILFHUV interview to explain this program and assess other needs. Call Kathy for information at (480) 858-6511. See yourself in a vital role for Homeland Security. Be part of a dynamic security team protecting airports and skies as you proudly secure your future.

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