Community Service and Charitable Giving
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NALS of Tucson & So. AZ is not only committed to serving the legal community through its presentation of monthly Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars, but it is also genuinely committed to serving the community at large through charitable giving and community service efforts. Some of the ways that NTSA and its members serve the community are:
Past events have included our very successful and well-received charity golf tournament held in June 2010 at Arizona National Golf Club, our Back-to-school backpack and school supply drive completed in August 2010, a rummage sale fundraiser in February 2010, and other very successful long-term charitable giving drives. Information about some of the organizations that NALS of Tucson & So. AZ currently supports - and have supported in the past - can be found at the links to the right. |
NALS of Tucson & So. AZ is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT) Heroes on Horses Program. Proceeds will also benefit the June E. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We have tentatively scheduled the event for Friday, June 3, 2011, and are currently seeking a venue and sponsors. More information will be posted as soon as it comes available, but for now, be sure to mark your calendars to attend this very exciting and fun-filled event. To see photos and information from our last golf tournament, which benefited Youth On Their Own, CLICK HERE. Following are just a few of the charitable organizations and community service efforts which NALS of Tucson & So. AZ and its members support. Click on any of the logos for more information about any of the following organizations or service efforts.
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT)
Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to "[e]nrich[] the lives of people with special needs by using therapeutic, equine programs to:
- Improve physical, mental, social and emotional well being - Recognize each individual's abilities and foster achievement - Provide educational, recreational and vocational opportunities - Provide direct therapy services by licensed medical professionals. Since spring 2006, TROT has collaborated with the Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Hospital in a program for injured US Veterans in the Tucson Region. “Heroes on Horses” is one of the first program of its type at a NARHA Premier Accredited Center – a program of weekly therapeutic riding lessons to prepare Veterans to seek recreational riding opportunities with family and friends in a variety of environments. Youth On Their Own (YOTO)
Youth On Their Own (YOTO), a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a drop out prevention program that supports the high school graduation of homeless unaccompanied Metro Tucson youth ages 13 (or in 8th grade) through 21. Students are enrolled in public schools – including charter and alternative schools – and are motivated to obtain their high school diplomas despite personal and financial hardship.
Legal Community Against Hunger
Every year, during the holidays, lawyers, paralegals, legal assistants and others in the legal community join together as the Legal Community Against Hunger (LCAH) to support the important, vital work of the Tucson Community Food Bank. Since 1988, LCAH, a community project of the Young Lawyers Division of the Pima County Bar Association, has helped the Food Bank relieve hunger in Tucson neighborhoods by raising over $300,000 to assist with their efforts.
Tucson Community Food Bank
The Community Food Bank is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. It's mission: “Through education, advocacy, and the acquisition, storage, and distribution of food, we will anticipate and meet the food needs of the hungry in our community.”
The Community Food Bank began serving the people of Tucson and Pima County in 1976 distributing 10,533 emergency food boxes its first year. In 2008-2009, 22,594,202 pounds of food were distributed, which amounts to approximately 17,651,720 meals. New Beginnings for Women & Children
New Beginning's mission is to help homeless women with children by providing the housing, supportive services and opportunities for growth that will create stable, financially independent families.
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