Dr. Joyce Buekers is a fourth-generation harpist. Her grandmother was the first woman in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and played with Walt Disney Studios for over 40 years, including the harp in the ground-breaking film Fantasia.

While Joyce continued the family legacy, she also got an undergraduate degree in math, with minors in systems engineering and music. She followed that with an MBA in systems engineering, but after a successful 15-year marketing career with IBM she was involved in a life-threatening accident that led to earning a master’s in divinity and a career change.

Her true calling is founding the Therapeutic Harp Foundation, designed to enhance the quality of life for patients, their families, special needs individuals, PTSD vets, neonatal intensive care babies withdrawing from opioids and terminally ill hospice patients while they transition. Over the years the nonprofit has served more than 30 healthcare educational institutions, and more than 300,000 patients, staff and volunteers.

Click here learn more about the Therapeutic Harp Foundation: https://therapeuticharps.org/

Original air date: January 11, 2024.

Dr. Joyce Buekers is a fourth-generation harpist. Her grandmother was the first woman in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and played with Walt Disney Studios for over 40 years, including the harp in the ground-breaking film Fantasia.
While Joyce continued the family legacy, she also got an undergraduate degree in math, with minors in systems engineering and music. She followed that with an MBA in systems engineering, but after a successful 15-year marketing career with IBM she was involved in a life-threatening accident that led to earning a master’s in divinity and a career change.
Her true calling is founding the Therapeutic Harp Foundation, designed to enhance the quality of life for patients, their families, special needs individuals, PTSD vets, neonatal intensive care babies withdrawing from opioids and terminally ill hospice patients while they transition. Over the years the nonprofit has served more than 30 healthcare educational institutions, and more than 300,000 patients, staff and volunteers.
Click here learn more about the Therapeutic Harp Foundation: <a href="https://therapeuticharps.org/">https://therapeuticharps.org/</a> 
Original air date: January 11, 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

Harps, healing, and hope – Dr. Joyce Buekers

Sometimes a job is a job. Sometimes it’s a calling.

Russ Funk already had a 22-year career in the airline industry. But his passion has always been child welfare and social justice. He and his wife Pam are adoptive parents and former foster parents, so his current role as Director of Community Engagement and HCBS (Home and Community Based Services) for Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK) is a perfect match.

Over the past 18 years Russ has led the effort to recruit new foster parents, adoptive families and volunteer youth mentors for AASK. The organization provides adoptive families with ongoing support from the time of inquiry until the child is settled in their forever home, supporting parents so they’re never left to navigate questions and challenges alone.

AASK foster care programs provide help for a range of circumstances, including families caring for a relative’s child, children with complex medical needs, those with developmental disabilities, children with Hispanic heritage, and the culturally-specific needs of children placed in the care of American Indian tribal authorities.

Click here to learn more about AASK: https://www.aask-az.org/

Original air date: July 25, 2024.

Sometimes a job is a job. Sometimes it’s a calling.
Russ Funk already had a 22-year career in the airline industry. But his passion has always been child welfare and social justice. He and his wife Pam are adoptive parents and former foster parents, so his current role as Director of Community Engagement and HCBS (Home and Community Based Services) for Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (AASK) is a perfect match.
Over the past 18 years Russ has led the effort to recruit new foster parents, adoptive families and volunteer youth mentors for AASK. The organization provides adoptive families with ongoing support from the time of inquiry until the child is settled in their forever home, supporting parents so they’re never left to navigate questions and challenges alone.
AASK foster care programs provide help for a range of circumstances, including families caring for a relative’s child, children with complex medical needs, those with developmental disabilities, children with Hispanic heritage, and the culturally-specific needs of children placed in the care of American Indian tribal authorities.
Click here to learn more about AASK: <a href="https://www.aask-az.org/">https://www.aask-az.org/</a> 
Original air date: July 25, 2024.

Relationships matter – Russ Funk

Brent Downs has dedicated his life to working with nonprofits, and he’s made a commitment to only choosing causes with which he shares a personal connection with their missions.

That’s what brought him to the Foothills Caring Corps, an organization whose staff and volunteers serve homebound seniors and people with disabling conditions scattered over  256 square miles covering north Phoenix, Cave Creek, Carefree, and north Scottsdale.

This army of committed individuals help with socialization, health, wellness and mobility. They provide mobile meals and a variety of free services, ranging from grocery shopping assistance, to home repairs, social activities, caregiver support, transportation to medical appointments, and more.

Click here to learn more about Foothills Caring Corps: www.foothillscaringcorps.com

Original air date: July 18, 2024.

Brent Downs has dedicated his life to working with nonprofits, and he’s made a commitment to only choosing causes with which he shares a personal connection with their missions.
That’s what brought him to the Foothills Caring Corps, an organization whose staff and volunteers serve homebound seniors and people with disabling conditions scattered over  256 square miles covering north Phoenix, Cave Creek, Carefree, and north Scottsdale.
This army of committed individuals help with socialization, health, wellness and mobility. They provide mobile meals and a variety of free services, ranging from grocery shopping assistance, to home repairs, social activities, caregiver support, transportation to medical appointments, and more.
Click here to learn more about Foothills Caring Corps: <a href="https://foothillscaringcorps.com/">www.foothillscaringcorps.com</a>
Original air date: July 18, 2024.

Partnering with people who care – Brent Downs

Hal and Cheryl Sacks had a vision more than 40 years ago to ignite, fuel, and sustain the next Great Awakening by sounding the alarm to God’s people.

What does this look like? Initiatives pursued through their organization BridgeBuilders International Leadership Network have mobilized intense targeted prayer on issues such as sex, drugs, and weapons trafficking on the Southwest border, suicides, and academic performance in schools.

The BridgeBuilders’ team has empowered more than 5 million Christians—from  pastors to educators, law enforcement, and legislators—to invite God’s transforming presence into every sphere of culture.

Their latest initiatives include “Fire on the Family Altar,” Cheryl’s new book that is a prayer guide for families who want to become prayer warriors for each other, their neighbors, their communities, and their nation.

They’ll also be talking about Revival Prayer Clusters, a project unifying neighborhoods and reaching out to help elderly neighbors and single moms with home improvement projects, taking meals, and praying for those who are sick.

Click here to learn more about BridgeBuilders: https://www.bridgebuilders.net/

Original air date: July 11, 2024.

Hal and Cheryl Sacks had a vision more than 40 years ago to ignite, fuel, and sustain the next Great Awakening by sounding the alarm to God’s people.
What does this look like? Initiatives pursued through their organization BridgeBuilders International Leadership Network have mobilized intense targeted prayer on issues such as sex, drugs, and weapons trafficking on the Southwest border, suicides, and academic performance in schools.
The BridgeBuilders’ team has empowered more than 5 million Christians—from  pastors to educators, law enforcement, and legislators—to invite God’s transforming presence into every sphere of culture.
Their latest initiatives include “Fire on the Family Altar,” Cheryl’s new book that is a prayer guide for families who want to become prayer warriors for each other, their neighbors, their communities, and their nation.
They’ll also be talking about Revival Prayer Clusters, a project unifying neighborhoods and reaching out to help elderly neighbors and single moms with home improvement projects, taking meals, and praying for those who are sick.
Click here to learn more about BridgeBuilders: https://www.bridgebuilders.net/
Original air date: July 11, 2024.

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