Kelli O’Toole has dedicated her career to serving others. From working at Central Arizona Shelter Services to  being COO for STARS (Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services), she has found her passion and her calling in working to help those with intellectual and developmental disabilities as CEO of The Opportunity Tree.

The organization has touched lives for 60 years – there are 75 people who have been members more than 30 years – with services including:
Employment Services
Adult Day Programs – These opportunities help build community, engage in meaningful programming, and build life skills.
Youth Programs – Kids are offered trips, adventures, and on-campus events, as they build life and employment skills.
Community Living Programs – Group homes and in-home supports focus on helping participants become part of the community around them and work toward independent living.

Click here to learn more about The Opportunity Tree: https://theopportunitytree.org/

Original air date: November 7, 2024.

Kelli O’Toole has dedicated her career to serving others. From working at Central Arizona Shelter Services to  being COO for STARS (Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services), she has found her passion and her calling in working to help those with intellectual and developmental disabilities as CEO of The Opportunity Tree.
The organization has touched lives for 60 years – there are 75 people who have been members more than 30 years – with services including:
<ul>
<li>Employment Services</li>
<li>Adult Day Programs – These opportunities help build community, engage in meaningful programming, and build life skills.</li>
<li>Youth Programs – Kids are offered trips, adventures, and on-campus events, as they build life and employment skills.</li>
<li>Community Living Programs – Group homes and in-home supports focus on helping participants become part of the community around them and work toward independent living.</li>
</ul>
Click here to learn more about The Opportunity Tree: <a href="https://theopportunitytree.org/">https://theopportunitytree.org/</a>
Original air date: November 7, 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.

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