Rescuers radio show

Kevin McCabe has been a sports broadcaster for 44 years. In decades of covering high school events throughout the state, he has gotten to know thousands of young athletes. But that’s only the beginning. Kevin doesn’t just report the scores. He gets to know the people behind the numbers. The kids. Their families. Their coaches. He has touched each of those lives and developed meaningful relationshi...

It’s a simple concept. Neighbors helping neighbors. Individuals, businesses, nonprofits, government, and faith communities, all working together to help older adults  in our community. Ann Wheat first served on the Duet board in 1999 when she was still working for the City of Phoenix. When she retired as Acting Deputy Director, she joined the Duet team and in 2019 was named executive director. Ann...

Jody Boyd’s journey began with a deeply personal loss – the passing of her dear friend Michelle Singleton to cancer in 2005. She took that pain and created a remarkable nonprofit devoted to supporting single-parent families facing cancer. The Singletons offers critical monthly programs including Singletons Monthly Care Days, Bare Necessities, Beyond Books, and Healing Harvest. She collaborates wit...

The seeds of the Center for the Rights of Abused Children were planted when a social worker told Darcy Olsen that city shelters were overflowing with newborns due to the opioid epidemic. Darcy felt a calling. In just a few years, she took in 10 boys and girls … and witnessed firsthand the system’s repeated failures, including sibling separations, prolonged cycles of entry and re-entry, and prematu...

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona has served families with disabilities across the Valley for more than 70 years.  The organization provides comprehensive services to individuals with disabilities and their families, through providing physical and developmental support as well as educational growth which is the foundation for independent living. Gail Stelling brings more than 35 years of ex...

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 p...

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 C...

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, a...

On August 11, 2020, Officer Sean Stoddard pulled his patrol car over to simply move a ladder out of the roadway. A distracted driver in an SUV plowed into his vehicle before he had a chance to open the door, crumpling his unit into an unrecognizable tangle of metal. The resulting traumatic brain injury totally erased everything in his life before the accident. He had to relearn everything from col...

Jake Lambert is a third-generation teacher. His passion for helping kids prepare for a productive future has been a driving force from the time he was a kid himself. To pursue that end, he earned a degree in special ed, coached cross-county and track and field, has taught exceptional students, and dedicated himself to thinking outside the box to create the most opportunities for his students. That...

Gordon Wickert sees a promise from God in every street sign, clock, license plate, or number he sees in the world around him. And he wants to share that vision with others. Memorizing Bible verses is not a new practice - Jesus memorized many scriptures Himself. Gordon’s Hope in Numbers Ministries is designed to help get the Word back into schools, work places, in daily conversations at the superma...

Mimi Hymel was 3 years old when Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home and her life as she knew it. In a cruel act of fate, it also claimed a source of comfort, her cherished teddy bear Cuddles. That led years later to her founding Comfort Bears in a Catastrophe, a nonprofit that provides a special stuffed bear along with a handwritten note of encouragement to children impacted by disasters. Most ch...

When Tom Loegering began serving on the Peoria Education Foundation board in 2014, he witnessed the resilience of students struggling to overcome challenges in their pursuit of education. Their challenges were not only financial, but in developing a lifestyle that leads to academic success. As the CEO of the Sun City Country Club, Tom was inspired his two passions and began teaching golf to 5th –...

Randy Elliott’s passion is serving his “orange church,” the incarcerated at Yavapai County Detention facilities in Camp Verde and Prescott. As chaplain, he drove more than 19,000 miles last year to lead Bible studies, distribute Bibles and devotionals, and minister. He leads a team of letter writers that sent more than 1,500 messages to incarcerated women. He offers a Bible correspondence course t...

Rich Ganley is a serial entrepreneur. He’s an idea guy. And he’s also obsessed with service and helping others. His title is Positive Impact Executive, and his projects have included a no-cost corporate relocation program, the first online interactive tools and calculators, programs to help the mental and physical health of seniors, and a dispatch and tracking system for Hospice of the Valley. His...

Bruce McCracken was first interested in helping marriages and families when he was in college. Wisely, he figured it might help to have a little experience in a marriage himself, so waited a couple of decades after he and his wife Karen got married, and got his Ph. D. in Christian education before starting The Marriage Hub. The couples they seek to help are not just struggling in their marriage, b...

Cathy Droz is a community treasure. Professionally, she’s the founder of H.E.R. Certified, the industry's first comprehensive certified dealer program aimed at helping dealerships better serve female car buyers. She’s also the author of “A Woman’s Guide to Buying a Car with Confidence and Street Smarts.” But she’s so much more than that. Cathy is generously donates her time and talents as a market...

Eden Wild was born in Ethiopia, and lived in an orphanage until adopted by her American parents at age 3. She treasured memories of her siblings and friends in Africa, and as she grew older became intensely aware that some of the blessings she enjoyed in the U.S. weren’t available to them. One of the greatest of these was clean water. Eden wanted to make a difference. Now a junior in high school,...

Kim Covington by all measures had a satisfying and successful career, with 30 years in television news and a long list of awards for her reporting and community service. But a near fatal accident in the news van motivated her to make a momentous change of direction in her professional life. The change was not due to her physical wounds, frightening as they were. In her words, “After I woke up from...

Hope. Sometimes it seems elusive, but it’s critical for pastors, leaders, and learners. And that’s the calling for Richard Parrish. He helps leaders who are weary in body and soul, offering spiritual resources with a health dose of encouragement, refreshments … and hope. Richard speaks from experience, having weathered all those challenges himself. He’s a listener and encourager, working locally a...

At age 6, Zach Vogel’s identity was rooted in baseball. He was already praying that God would make him a major league ball player. Then four years later when he collapsed for the second time during a game, he was diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome, a heart signaling disorder characterized by arrhythmia that caused him to pass out. It was more serious than that, though. It meant he had an increased ri...

There’s a whole new attack on society, one that most of us don’t have an idea of how to handle: security, identity theft, and fraud. Alan Saquella has made it his life’s work to help others protect themselves and fight against the danger of online crime. He is committed to shaping the next generation of security, intelligence, and fraud examiners, both professionally and as a mentor. In a day wher...

Rick Morro went to Tanzania in 2012, and amidst the breathtaking beauty found heartbreaking ugliness in the plight of the Maasai people, and especially of the girls. Some were orphaned, others were abused, or runaways from forced marriages to much older men. Many were subjected to a tribal custom of genital mutilation that has been outlawed, but is still practiced by the Maasai. Most were sufferin...

Jamie Heckerman has a passion for inclusion and the community. She got a degree in Parks and Recreation Management with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation. When she started working with Special Olympics Arizona in 2010, she found her life calling. Today, as president and CEO of the organization, she heads efforts to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Oly...

Sgt. Brian Bower is a true Phoenician – a native who graduated from Washington High School and came back to town after a stint in the military. With a passion for service, he signed on with the Phoenix Police Department. His current assignment is as Silent Witness Coordinator. Since 1979, Silent Witness has paired with media and law enforcement to solve and prevent crimes. In that time,  more than...