Page 18 October 2016 ARCADIA NOW OPEN 4333 E Indian School #120 SW Corner of 44 th St & Indian School (602) 833-7656 www.AmazingLashStudio.com • ©2016 Amazing Lash Studio • Franchises Available Get the Eyelashes you’ve always dreamed of GIFT WITH MEMBERSHIP Sign up for a 12 Month Membership Get a Lash Starter Kit! A $ 50 value Available to our first 100 members. Valid at the Arcadia location only. See studio for details. one of the 2015 Top 10 CNN Heroes and the program raised more than $150,000 for her organization. The funding not only allowed Singleton Moms to serve more families, but also helped them begin planning to grow and possibly branch out into other states. “I had no idea what I was getting into when I founded Singleton Moms,” Farley Berens said, “and that’s a good thing.” She added, “We’ve grown by leaps and bounds and it’s wonderful.” She said she has enjoyed collaborating with fellow nonprofit founders Rose and Caraway to host the AZ Cancer Village Fun Run where 100 percent of the dollars raised stays in Arizona. “That’s something we can really pride ourselves on,” Farley-Berens said. “We all work so hard to serve all of the populations we do, but if we don’t work together, it’s such a disservice.” She added, “Now we can refer people we are serving to other organizations, so that those we serve can have even more support.” SERVING UP FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP: MEET JENNIFER CARAWAY Jennifer Caraway remembers how many people jumped in to help her friend Joy when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Everyone had his or her own way of showing support to Joy. And for Caraway – a chef and restaurateur – support meant providing food. “I started making her little treats and bringing them over to lift her spirits,” Caraway said. At the time, Caraway worked as a distributor of fine foods during the day and a caterer at night, so she would assemble beautiful cheese boards, homemade ice cream and other delicious goodies for her friend. “Joy was super stoked because she had pretty much everything she needed from everyone helping in their own way,” Caraway said. And that’s how the idea for The Joy Bus was born. Delivering once-per-week healthy and high quality food to homebound cancer patients, the nonprofit not only feeds mouths, it fills spirits. The team of volunteers who deliver meals also visit with the patients, laugh and talk about life. For a homebound person dealing with The AZ Cancer Village Fun Run starts at 9:00 a.m. on October 1 at Steele Indian School Park. PHOTO COURTESY OF AZ CANCER VILLAGE Jennifer Caraway Nonprofits Continued from page 17

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