We have been very busy at Phoenix Day over the Summer.  We held our first and second nutrition night events, our kids went to see High School Musical, and we redid our front office. The fall is shaping up to be even more packed with activities and events.  We have been selected by Summit Builders Charities to be one of four recipients of their A Race for Hunger event to benefit our health and nutrition program.  We will be hosting our Annual Health Fair, holding our annual Halloween Festival, and presenting our annual Thanksgiving event, Stone Soup.  In addition, Health Links has increased its outreach efforts and we are staffing more and more locations as well as health events to increase enrollment in AHCCCS and KidsCare.

We invite each one of you to participate in any or all of these events.  We have ample opportunities for volunteering and we are always in need of items from our wish list.  And, most especially, financial contributions are always greatly appreciated.

We could not do our work in the community without the support of our staff, parents, volunteers, community partners and corporate donors.  There is always room for anyone who wishes to join us in serving the working poor.

Please call or email me if you would like to take a tour of the school and see first hand what keeps us so busy at Phoenix Day.

Phoenix Day is very excited to announce that this year we received $465,292 for our Early Education and Health Links programs from Valley of the Sun United Way. We rely on this funding from VSUW every year in order to continue providing valuable services to our clients. All the contributions are made possible by community contributions to Results That Matter through VSUW's annual fundraising campaign. We are one of 96 local partner agencies of VSUW. We are very proud to be apart of this network.

Upcoming Events

9^th Annual October Vette Fest

3^rd Party Event Benefiting Phoenix Day

All Corvette Car Show sponsored by Sun Country Corvette Club & Power Chevrolet

Trophies, dash plaques, food, drinks, raffle and 50-50 drawing

Sunday, October 21, 2007 - 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Power Chevrolet

9055 West Bell Road, Peoria

HealthLinks Health Fair

Community Health Fair

Health Screenings, Health Information, Raffle Prizes, Food, Entertainment for the Entire Family

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 3:30-6:00 p.m.

Central Park

140 East Tonto Street, Phoenix

(across the street from Phoenix Day)

Halloween Festival

Children's Costume Parade, Games, Art and Craft Activities

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 9:00-11:30 am

Phoenix Day

115 East Tonto Street, Phoenix

Stone Soup

In accordance with the Thanksgiving holiday,

we teach our children the importance

Hear a Special Reading of "Stone Soup"

And Taste Authentic Homemade Soup Made by the Teachers and Children of Phoenix Day

Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 5:00-7:00 pm

Central Park Recreation Building

140 East Tonto Street, Phoenix

(across the street from Phoenix Day)

HealthLinks updated vision is supporting the comprehensive well being of a child through promoting the availability of health resources to the entire family!   Family dynamics continue to change with multi-generational/ethnicity influence, economic factors and community education opportunities expanding a child's direct support group to people of all ages and stages of healthiness.

Elisa Mongeluzzi has been working with children and families for more than twenty years.  That three-decade journey has taken her from the Sunday school classroom to private child care and youth development programming.  As the director of an inclusive child care center, Elisa became an advocate for children with disabilities. Having coordinating the Family Services unit for a social-service agency in Vermont, Elisa returned to Arizona, dedicating her herself to be a voice for the early care and education community.  Elisa spent four and a half years with the Arizona Self-Study Project at the Association for Supportive Child Care as an Early Childhood Specialist and the Training and Outreach Specialist before joining the management team at Phoenix Day as the Center Director.

Born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, Elisa grew up in Tucson, AZ and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Family Studies from University of Arizona.  In December of this year, Elisa will receive a Master of Education degree in Early Childhood Education from NorthernArizonaUniversity. 

We welcome Chryl Bohnenkamp as our new Phoenix Day HealthLinks and Marketing Director.  Chryl spent 20 years in executive leadership with MCI Telecommunications and comes to us after five rewarding years as President/CEO of Philanthropic Development Partners specializing in business development resources to Valley nonprofits.  Chryl serves as a Board of Director for Central United Community Services, Executive Director to Central Community Theatre and has historically volunteered her time and talent to numerous outreach efforts through the Phoenix Area.  "It is an absolute pleasure to be joining this amazing team at Phoenix Day and being part of the 95 year legacy providing premier early childhood and family services to our community." 

Welcome New Development Director

Even though Arushee Divyakirti joins us this September, she has been a part of the Phoenix Day family since mid-2006 when she enrolled her son in our toddler classroom.

She has always had a deep passion for social causes. Born in New Delhi, India she established an NPO working for empowerment of economically underprivileged women. In the year 2000 she relocated to the United States. After obtainig her Masters in Public Administration and a Non Profit Leadership and Administration Graduate Certificate from Western Michigan University, she relocated to the Valley in 2004 and worked at Valley of the Sun United Way in fund development. She brings with her a valuable experience in development and a host of new ideas.

 

You can make a difference in the lives of the children of Phoenix Day and earn Arizona tax credit by doing so.

Phoenix Day is a qualifying 501(C)(3) charity.

Reduce your tax liability while helping those who need it most. Thanks to the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit Program for the Working Poor, state taxpayers now have more incentive to make cash donations to Phoenix Day.