LaKisha Deon and her husband were living at an air force base in the United Kingdom 13 years ago when she felt a calling to join God in transforming cities around the world.

Three years later when the couple moved to Arizona, she learned about 4Tucson, a nonprofit designed to unite and mobilize Christians as they addressed systemic problems in the city.

Today, as the organization’s CEO, she oversees initiatives like the Adopta Program, a framework that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to collect items for specific needs around the city, ranging from hygiene, to furnishings, food, kitchen needs and more.

Other programs include collaboration breakfasts based on specific defined needs to kids’ programs, financial education, neighborhood market days, and the CarePortal, an online platform that clearly identifies needs in the community to facilitate families, organizations and churches to help effectively and efficiently. 

Click here to learn more about 4Tucson: https://4tucson.com/

Original air date: December 26, 2024.

LaKisha Deon and her husband were living at an air force base in the United Kingdom 13 years ago when she felt a calling to join God in transforming cities around the world.
Three years later when the couple moved to Arizona, she learned about 4Tucson, a nonprofit designed to unite and mobilize Christians as they addressed systemic problems in the city.
Today, as the organization&rsquo;s CEO, she oversees initiatives like the Adopta Program, a framework that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to collect items for specific needs around the city, ranging from hygiene, to furnishings, food, kitchen needs and more.
Other programs include collaboration breakfasts based on specific defined needs to kids&rsquo; programs, financial education, neighborhood market days, and the CarePortal, an online platform that clearly identifies needs in the community to facilitate families, organizations and churches to help effectively and efficiently.&nbsp;
Click here to learn more about 4Tucson: <a href="https://4tucson.com/">https://4tucson.com/</a> 
Original air date:&nbsp;December 26, 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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