AvAir, an industry leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, continued to have impressive growth and reached new milestones in 2021. Early in the year, the company earned the No. 1 position on Airline Economics’ Aviation 100 “Parts Supplier of the Year” rankings. This ranking is judged on several criteria that include parts stocked, clients and number … [More]
Item 9 Labs Funds Cancer Support
Item 9 Labs went pink by giving green for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! The award-winning cannabis product brand — whose CEO entered the industry after seeing how cannabis helped his mother through the pain during her breast cancer treatments — donated $5,000 to the American Cancer Foundation and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk from sales of limited-edition pink … [More]
Western Wealth Contributes to Happier Holidays
Western Wealth Communities and Western Wealth Capital (WWC) were humbled to again share the annual Rent-Free Christmas program and provided free rent in December for 58 deserving families – one in each community WWC serves – so they may use those funds to instead create a Christmas/Holiday memory with their family. As part of the program, 14 families in 2021 also received a … [More]
HR Leader Bailey Honored for Making a Difference
Eric M. Bailey, president of Bailey Strategic Innovation Group, was the 2021 recipient of the Ann Byrnes, SPHR Memorial Award for Professional Excellence at the Arizona Society for Human Resource Management State Conference Awards Luncheon in August. Each year, the Ann Byrnes award recognizes one HR professional who has taken the initiative to grow and support the profession, … [More]
RETSY Selected to Join Coveted Luxury Real Estate Network
Forbes Global Properties, a curated consumer marketplace of luxury homes and an invitation-only membership network of top real estate firms, has selected Scottsdale-based brokerage RETSY to join its exclusive network exposing millions of viewers worldwide to Arizona›s luxury properties. RETSY is a technology-based real estate brokerage comprised of agents boasting more than 300 … [More]
Angry Crab Shack Partners with Arizona Housing Coalition
Locally owned and operated Angry Crab Shack, a restaurant specializing in seafood boils with Asian-Cajun flavors and signature sauces, raised $50,125 in July for its You Dine We Donate month-long promotion benefiting the Arizona Housing Coalition. The local nonprofit aids and provides resources to homeless veterans and their families, which includes clothing, hot meals, … [More]
Trevor Wilde Accepted into Forbes Finance Council
Award-winning Wilde Wealth Management Group recently gained another honor when its CEO, Trevor Wilde, MBA, AIF®, was accepted into Forbes Finance Council, an invitation-only community for executives in accounting, financial planning, wealth and asset management, and investment firms. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth … [More]
ZorroSign Keeps On Winning
ZorroSign, Inc., a leader in digital signature technology, recently won two 2021 Fortress Cyber Security Awards: one for Blockchain (very small company 11 to 100 employees), and one for Authentication & Identity (very small company). Fortress awards represent a global community of cyber security experts, technology developers and governments taking proactive steps to thwart … [More]
Phoenix Children’s One of ‘Best Children’s Hospitals’
For the fifth time, Phoenix Children’s Hospital earned national rankings from U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” in 10 out of 10 ranked specialties. The health system is the only children’s hospital in Arizona ever to have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report and one of only 22 children’s hospitals in the United States to rank in every … [More]
Gust Rosenfeld Gives 100 to Soldier’s Best Friend
Continuing its celebration of its100th anniversary, full-service law firm Gust Rosenfeld donated 120 backpacks, 102 collapsible bowls, 100 bags of treats and 100 collars to Soldier’s Best Friend. SBF provides U.S. military veterans living with combat-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Traumatic Brain Injury with Service or Therapeutic Companion Dogs, most of which are … [More]
TruWest Climbs to Support the American Lung Association
TruWest® Credit Union raised $10,000 for the American Lung Association through this year’s Fight For Air Climb in Phoenix. Through the team’s support, more than $70,500 was raised through the event. The 15-member TruWest team joined 18 other teams at Chase Field to climb the stadium stairs to raise awareness and funds for the cure of lung disease. Through TruWest donation … [More]
BCBSAZ Grants Address Substance Use Disorders
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ), through its Mobile AZ Initiative, has granted $565,000 to seven community organizations throughout the state that provide programs and services to address substance use disorders with at least one of three complicating factors: COVID-19, social determinants of health and/or co-occurring mental health conditions. Between 2017 and 2021, … [More]
Cannon & Wendt Hosts Supporting Our Heroes Event
Cannon & Wendt Electric Co., one of the leading electrical service firms in the Valley, recently hosted its third annual Supporting Our Heroes event, raising $41,508 to benefit the 100 Club of Arizona. Proceeds from this year’s event will help send children to the 100 Club of Arizona’s Survivor Children’s Camp in Prescott, Arizona, along with purchase more wash-down kits … [More]
Gila River Hotels & Casinos and Arizona Coyotes ‘Pay It Forward’
In the spirit of “Pay It Forward Day,” Gila River Cares, the philanthropic arm of Gila River Hotels & Casinos - Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte & Vee Quiva, and the Arizona Coyotes Foundation joined forces to present a $50,000 check to Human Services Campus, Inc., (HSC), a 501(c)3 nonprofit agency dedicated to helping people experiencing homelessness. Gila River also … [More]
Ballard Spahr Earns Perfect Score in 2021 Corporate Equality Index
Ballard Spahr received a 100 percent rating in the 2021 edition of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI), one of 767 employers nationwide to receive the highest possible score. This is the fourth year in a row it has received a perfect rating in the nation’s premier benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices … [More]
Ware Malcomb Phoenix Project WINS IIDA SW Pride Award
Sendoso, a 10,000-square-foot office space located on the penthouse floor of the 11-story, 136,500-square-foot high-rise office building of the Camelback Towers in Scottsdale, recently won the IIDA Pride award for commercial office space under 20,000 square feet. Award-winning international design firm Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design services for the … [More]
SweetLeaf Is honored for New Product Line
SweetLeaf® Sweetener recently took home a Stevie® Award, one of the world’s most coveted prizes, in the New Marketing Solution category for the company’s line of SweetLeaf Organic Monk Fruit Sweetener products. SweetLeaf® Monk Fruit Organic Sweetener is a zero-calorie, organic, zero-sugar, all-natural sweetener. More than 2,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in … [More]
AAA Cooling Specialists Donates AC Unit to Food/Clothing Bank
Family-owned AAA Cooling Specialists, Arizona’s leader in heating and cooling with an emphasis on energy efficiency, recently donated an AC unit valued at more than $3,500 to Harvest Compassion Center, a local food and clothing bank that helps Phoenix families in need, for its Maryvale facility. HCC is completely free and open to the public, allowing guests to shop freely for … [More]
