Thirty years ago, Mary Strawn took the bold step of leaving her pediatrics practice to devote herself to helping high-risk youth through therapeutic art.

She worked with young burn survivors while volunteering at the Maricopa County Hospital, helping them cope with trauma through creative expression. When she attended The Arizona Burn Foundation’s Camp Courage for burn survivors, her husband Kirk, also a physician with an artistic bent, joined her and brought with him Walter – a giant VW bus, converted from an old fire truck that once served at Luke Air Force Base.

They continued working with kids, and in 2017 The Walter Hive was born, based on their vision of providing programs that support creative expression for all ages and experience levels. This includes work with the both the general public and specific communities, from youth through dementia clients. The Walter Hive partners with several other non-profit organizations such as Cancer Support Community, Boys and Girls Clubs, Hospice of the Valley, and many others.

Click here to learn more about The Walter Hive: https://www.thewalterhive.org/

Original air date: August 21, 2025.

Thirty years ago, Mary Strawn took the bold step of leaving her pediatrics practice to devote herself to helping high-risk youth through therapeutic art.
She worked with young burn survivors while volunteering at the Maricopa County Hospital, helping them cope with trauma through creative expression. When she attended The Arizona Burn Foundation&rsquo;s Camp Courage for burn survivors, her husband Kirk, also a physician with an artistic bent, joined her and brought with him Walter &ndash; a giant VW bus, converted from an old fire truck that once served at Luke Air Force Base.
They continued working with kids, and in 2017 The Walter Hive was born, based on their vision of providing programs that support creative expression for all ages and experience levels. This includes work with the both the general public and specific communities, from youth through dementia clients. The Walter Hive partners with several other non-profit organizations such as Cancer Support Community, Boys and Girls Clubs, Hospice of the Valley, and many others.
Click here to learn more about The Walter Hive: <a href="https://www.thewalterhive.org/">https://www.thewalterhive.org/</a> 
Original air date: August 21, 2025.

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world.

Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism.

Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/

The Rescuers radio show provides an opportunity to spotlight people who are working behind the scenes to make this world a better place. These people serve as inspiration and idea starters to encourage others to find creative ways to impact their community, their city, and the world. Host Art Brooks has spent his career in broadcasting, both as on-air talent and in representing the industry as president and CEO of the Arizona Broadcasters Association for nearly 30 years. He was the driving force behind an Emmy-winning series of documentaries on drug abuse that combined a phone bank of 100 seasoned counselors and history-making "roadblock," as every TV station in Arizona and many radio stations broadcast the groundbreaking show on the same day at the same time. He also was instrumental in starting AZ AMBER Alert (one of two states in the nation where broadcasters initiated the program), helped form the Native American Broadcast Institute at Northern Arizona University and consulted with broadcasters in Bulgaria to help build commercial radio as the country was coming out of communism. Rescuers airs 5:30-6 p.m. AZ time Thursdays on KPXQ-AM Faith Talk 1360, beginning May 7, 2020. Based in Phoenix, it is available internationally online. We invite you to submit names of heroes you think would be good subjects for the show - just message us on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/">https://www.facebook.com/rescuersradioshow/</a>

Rescuers radio show

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.

An inspiring program highlighting everyday heroes who change and save lives, making the world around us a better place.