Jamie Heckerman has a passion for inclusion and the community. She got a degree in Parks and Recreation Management with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation. When she started working with Special Olympics Arizona in 2010, she found her life calling.

Today, as president and CEO of the organization, she heads efforts to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them opportunities to not only develop physical fitness skills, but to demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

The first Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ) competition in 1975 consisted of a one-day track & field event with 100 athletes and 20 volunteers. Today, that has grown to 21 sports, 675 regional competitions, and four statewide competitions for 21,461 athletes and a remarkable 24,743 day-of volunteers annually.

Click here to learn more about Special Olympics Arizona: https://specialolympicsarizona.org/

Original air date: March 21, 2024.

Jamie Heckerman has a passion for inclusion and the community. She got a degree in Parks and Recreation Management with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation. When she started working with Special Olympics Arizona in 2010, she found her life calling.
Today, as president and CEO of the organization, she heads efforts to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. This gives them opportunities to not only develop physical fitness skills, but to demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
The first Special Olympics Arizona (SOAZ) competition in 1975 consisted of a one-day track &amp; field event with 100 athletes and 20 volunteers. Today, that has grown to 21 sports, 675 regional competitions, and four statewide competitions for 21,461 athletes and a remarkable 24,743 day-of volunteers annually.
Click here to learn more about Special Olympics Arizona: <a href="https://specialolympicsarizona.org/">https://specialolympicsarizona.org/</a>
Original air date: March 21, 2024.

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

Great feel good program with insightful guests highlighting our unsung heroes helping in our communities.

Great feel good program with insightful guests highlighting our unsung heroes helping in our communities.

Rescuers

Inclusion Revolution – Jamie Heckerman

Eden Wild was born in Ethiopia, and lived in an orphanage until adopted by her American parents at age 3. She treasured memories of her siblings and friends in Africa, and as she grew older became intensely aware that some of the blessings she enjoyed in the U.S. weren’t available to them.

One of the greatest of these was clean water.

Eden wanted to make a difference. Now a junior in high school, she is already an experienced entrepreneur. At age 13, she and her family started a home-based business, Buna Tarik Roasters: Coffee with a story. Proceeds from coffee sales have already funded five wells serving thousands in Ethiopia. They also partner with a coffee farmer in Uganda who takes in pregnant single girls and supports them with counseling, and teaching trades, money management skills, and providing supplies.

Click here to learn more about Buna Tarik Roasters: https://btroasters.com/

Original air date: May 2, 2024.

Eden Wild was born in Ethiopia, and lived in an orphanage until adopted by her American parents at age 3. She treasured memories of her siblings and friends in Africa, and as she grew older became intensely aware that some of the blessings she enjoyed in the U.S. weren’t available to them.
One of the greatest of these was clean water.
Eden wanted to make a difference. Now a junior in high school, she is already an experienced entrepreneur. At age 13, she and her family started a home-based business, Buna Tarik Roasters: Coffee with a story. Proceeds from coffee sales have already funded five wells serving thousands in Ethiopia. They also partner with a coffee farmer in Uganda who takes in pregnant single girls and supports them with counseling, and teaching trades, money management skills, and providing supplies.
Click here to learn more about Buna Tarik Roasters: <a href="https://btroasters.com/">https://btroasters.com/</a> 
Original air date: May 2, 2024.

Fresh coffee to clean water – Eden Wild

Kim Covington by all measures had a satisfying and successful career, with 30 years in television news and a long list of awards for her reporting and community service. But a near fatal accident in the news van motivated her to make a momentous change of direction in her professional life.

The change was not due to her physical wounds, frightening as they were. In her words, “After I woke up from severe injuries and a traumatic concussion, I was never more awake to what God was calling me to do.”

That led her to step down from the broadcast industry to partner with the Arizona Community Foundation, where she now serves as Vice President, Community Initiatives. Kim works with diverse communities across the state, overseeing ACF projects including Latinos Unidos, the Black Philanthropy Initiative and several giving circles.

Click here to learn more about the Arizona Community Foundation: https://www.azfoundation.org/

Original air date: April 25, 2024.

Kim Covington by all measures had a satisfying and successful career, with 30 years in television news and a long list of awards for her reporting and community service. But a near fatal accident in the news van motivated her to make a momentous change of direction in her professional life.
The change was not due to her physical wounds, frightening as they were. In her words, “After I woke up from severe injuries and a traumatic concussion, I was never more awake to what God was calling me to do.”
That led her to step down from the broadcast industry to partner with the Arizona Community Foundation, where she now serves as Vice President, Community Initiatives. Kim works with diverse communities across the state, overseeing ACF projects including Latinos Unidos, the Black Philanthropy Initiative and several giving circles.
Click here to learn more about the Arizona Community Foundation: <a href="https://www.azfoundation.org/">https://www.azfoundation.org/</a> 
Original air date: April 25, 2024.

Creating strategic partnerships for AZ – Kim Covington

Hope. Sometimes it seems elusive, but it’s critical for pastors, leaders, and learners. And that’s the calling for Richard Parrish.

He helps leaders who are weary in body and soul, offering spiritual resources with a health dose of encouragement, refreshments … and hope.

Richard speaks from experience, having weathered all those challenges himself. He’s a listener and encourager, working locally and globally. He has been to Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Uzbekistan working with leaders and on projects including

refugee assistance, providing wells and water filter systems, and writing curricula to train and prepare leaders. He has found a unique niche to make this world a better place.

Click here to learn more about Richard Parrish Ministries: https://www.richardparrish.com/

Original air date: April 18, 2024.

Hope. Sometimes it seems elusive, but it’s critical for pastors, leaders, and learners. And that’s the calling for Richard Parrish.
He helps leaders who are weary in body and soul, offering spiritual resources with a health dose of encouragement, refreshments … and hope.
Richard speaks from experience, having weathered all those challenges himself. He’s a listener and encourager, working locally and globally. He has been to Belarus, Georgia, Armenia and Uzbekistan working with leaders and on projects including
refugee assistance, providing wells and water filter systems, and writing curricula to train and prepare leaders. He has found a unique niche to make this world a better place.
Click here to learn more about Richard Parrish Ministries: <a href="https://www.richardparrish.com/">https://www.richardparrish.com/</a> 
Original air date: April 18, 2024.

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