| ONE Director of the Year Awards
Kate Hanley: Finalist!
Our highly-regarded Executive Director, Kate Hanley, was nominated for the highest award for nonprofit executives in Maricopa County: the Organization of Nonprofit Executives (ONE) Director of the Year, Leader of Distinction Award for 2013. Kate was chosen as one of five finalists for this award which included some of the most prominent and well-known nonprofit leaders in the state.
This award honors nonprofit presidents, executive directors and CEOs who have exhibited qualities of an outstanding leader for ten or more consecutive years in their position. Kate was recognized for her 'visionary and steady leadership...and ensuring that Tempe's most vulnerable, most disenfranchised and those living along the margins in our community were never forgotten.'
Congratulations Kate and thank you for the leadership you have provided TCC for the past 22 years!
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Nominations are now open for the 2013 Don Carlos Humanitarian Awards.
If you know of an individual, or couple who has contributed significantly to the quality of life in Tempe, please consider completing a nomination form. Forms are available online or request via phone: 480.858.2307 or email.
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national volunteer week  April 21-27, 2013 is recognized as National Volunteer Week. This week is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities.
Tempe Community Council thanks our hundreds of volunteers who give so much of their time, talent and resources to make this best community it can be and help connect those in need with those who care. Your work is creating social change and demonstrates the collective power of positive transformation. Working together, we can meet our local and national challenges and accomplish our goals.
Thank you for your service!
In the spirit of this celebration, next week we have compiled another list of local organizations who are in need of your help. Please check out www.tempecommunitycouncil.org/volunteer to learn about the spring and summer volunteer opportunities available in Tempe and our neighboring communities. Sponsored by Points of Light, National Volunteer Week was established in 1974 and has grown exponentially each subsequent year. For more information visit www.pointsoflight.org. |
threads for success
 Please join us for the ribbon cutting of Tempe High's new Teen Resource Center. Tempe Leadership Class XXVIII has been working tirelessly on their Threads 4 Success project which aims to empower and strengthen the self-esteem of teens in need by expanding the service capability of Tempe's Teen Resource Center (TRC). The TRC provides clothing, shoes, accessories, school supplies and personal care items to teens in need who attend high school in the Tempe Union High School District. Every year, the TRC serves over 500 students. However, as many as 2,000 teens go unserved due to lack of resources. The TRC is managed by Commitment to Schools in Tempe & Kyrene, a program of Tempe Community Council. Donations are needed! * Gently used men's and women's clothing
* Shoes
* Purses, belts and accessories
* School supplies
* New and unopened personal care products
* Unopened new socks and underwear
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 recognizing achievement, access, advocacy
and ability
Tempe Community Council and the City of Tempe is pleased to present the 25th Annual Tempe Mayor's Disability Awards
April 25, 2013 3:30-5:30pm.
Seating is limited.
Since 1988, the City of Tempe and Tempe Community Council have collaborated together to highlight the accomplishments of people with disabilities as well as spotlight individuals, businesses and organizations that promote the advancement and equal opportunity of the disability sector. The hope is that this annual event will inspire others to emulate the honorees and provide a fully accessible Tempe for everyone. Learn more
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cinderellas in our midst 
On March 22 and 23 the 12th Annual Cinderella Affair was hosted at the City
of Tempe's Pyle Adult Recreation Center. The Pyle Center was decorated in pink fabric and resembled a palatial boutique. Over 792 hopeful young ladies found their perfect prom dress, shoes and accessories. The event took hundreds of volunteers to put together and many generous donations from individuals and businesses. Thirty dry cleaners donated 342 dry-cleaning vouchers. CSI etc. donated and set up dressing rooms for the girls.
Photos by our own Katie Harrison http://www.nakupendaphotography.com
The Cinderella Affair program was founded in 2002 to assist girls by collecting and distributing gently-used formalwear. This all-volunteer project is hosted by Tempe Community Council and East Valley Women's League with support from the City of Tempe.
The mission of this project is to help make it financially possible for Tempe's junior and seniors to attend their high school prom. This annual event is also extended to prom-age students throughout Arizona, to provide an opportunity to make prom affordable and capture a memory that can be treasured for a lifetime! In addition, the program has also provided dresses for exchange students from the Tempe Sister Cities program, the clients of Hacienda de Los Angeles and young ladies participating in the Miss CHAMPION Pageant.
Dress donations are accepted year-round at the TCC office, located in the BB Moeur historical home located at 34 E 7th Street, Tempe. More information can be found at www.cinderellaaffair.org.
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