The world’s first food bank.

Those are startling words, and the story behind them is both encouraging and inspiring. Jerry Brown – who served as a sportswriter in Arizona for 25 years before joining St. Mary’s Food Bank as the organization's first director of public relations – shares that story and his own journey.

St. Mary’s feeds 250,000 people EACH DAY, across 76,000 square miles in the state through partnering with more than 700 agencies. Through efficiencies and purchasing power developed through the years, they have the capability to turn a $1 donation into five meals. They partner with food pantries, homeless shelters, meal centers, domestic violence shelters, afterschool programs for at-risk kids, low-income senior living centers and others.

Click here to learn more about St. Mary’s Food Bank: https://www.stmarysfoodbank.org/  

Original air date: February 20, 2025.

The world&rsquo;s first food bank.
<a></a>Those are startling words, and the story behind them is both encouraging and inspiring. Jerry Brown &ndash; who served as a sportswriter in Arizona for 25 years before joining St. Mary&rsquo;s Food Bank as the organization's first director of public relations &ndash; shares that story and his own journey.
St. Mary&rsquo;s feeds 250,000 people EACH DAY, across 76,000 square miles in the state through partnering with more than 700 agencies. Through efficiencies and purchasing power developed through the years, they have the capability to turn a $1 donation into five meals. They partner with food pantries, homeless shelters, meal centers, domestic violence shelters, afterschool programs for at-risk kids, low-income senior living centers and others.
Click here to learn more about St. Mary&rsquo;s Food Bank: <a href="https://www.stmarysfoodbank.org/">https://www.stmarysfoodbank.org/</a> &nbsp;
Original air date:&nbsp;February 20, 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.