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Events

Each year the Coalition hosts several events throughout the year.  This year we added a new event Flight Night in an effort to build the coalition and provide an opportunity for contributors, both new and previous, to learn about doing business with Sky Harbor and about upcoming projects.  The Coalition also hosts several mixers throughout the year as well as an Annual Dinner and Golf Tournament thanking our Board Member, Leadership Circle, and Advocate contributors.

Support Sky Harbor Coalition Neighborhood Clean-up

Join us for a morning of volunteering!

Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011

Time: 7:30 a.m. through 11:00 a.m.
         7:30 a.m. - Registration
         8:00 a.m. - Welcome, Remarks and Clean-up Begins
         10:30 a.m. - Return to Park

Place: Meet at Nuestro Park
         1433 South 9th Street (9th Street and Pima)
         Phoenix, AZ 85034

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Cost: This is a free event

Parking: Parking is available at the park and on surrounding streets.
The clean-up area will include 14th Street to 7th Street and Durango to Grant in the Nuestro Barrio and El Campito Neighborhoods and will primarily include trash pick up and vegetation removal. Tools and gloves will be provided, however, feel free to bring your own gloves if you desire.

RSVP requested by November 1, 2011 to etter@goodmanschwartz.com or 602.277.0911.

RSVP is not required, but we'd love to know you are attending!
If you have any questions, please call Laura Etter at 602.277.0911.

The Saturday, November 5th Cleanup will occur rain or shine. See Events & News page for location details.


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4/2 SSH Neighborhood Cleanup

6/15 Awards and 6/16 SSH Mixer

2/10 SSH Mixer

2010 SSH Fall Cleanup

2010 SSH Annual Dinner

2010 SSH Golf Tournament

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Community Support

USO Arizona

Each year, a portion of the proceeds from the Support Sky Harbor Annual Golf Tournament are contributed to our military.  Beginning in 2010, the proceeds will benefit the USO at Sky Harbor International Airport, newly opened in 2010 in a temporary location in Terminal 2.  USO Arizona provides a location with amenities for military members and their families. A new facility is anticipated to open in Terminal 4.

The new USO in the Terminal 4 space is anticipated to open in 2011. It will replace the current facility that is located in Terminal 2, which was previously the Military & Veterans Hospitality Room. The USO, whose motto is “Until Every One Comes Home,” strives to provide services for military personnel and family members. The new center in Terminal 4 will have a café and snack bar, a kid’s area, and an area where servicemen and women will be able to get on the Internet as well as a location to read and relax.

Phoenix Youth At Risk

Each year the Support Sky Harbor Coalition hosts a silent auction and the annual dinner with proceeds going to Phoenix Youth at Risk.  Phoenix Youth at Risk transforms the lives of at-risk youth by providing a foundation of mentoring and curriculum that helps them build positive, goal-directed futures. Read more...

News

Support Sky Harbor Coalition Honored with Partnership Award

Support Sky Harbor Coalition Honored with Award for Volunteer Efforts

Over the past few months, the Support Sky Harbor Coalition, in partnership with the city of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department, has organized cleanups. These events have brought more than 230 volunteers together to spruce up neighborhoods west of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Projects have included vegetation, tire and debris removal.

The hard work of those involved in organizing the cleanups as well as the volunteers who have given their time to make these events so successful has not gone unnoticed. In fact, on June 15, the Support Sky Harbor Coalition was presented with the city of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department External Partnership Award.

The award was for a successful partnership with the Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) and the city of Phoenix for the sponsorship of the NSD/Support Sky Harbor Coalition tool trailer. The Coalition took a worn-out trailer and refurbished it with new tires, safety jacks and lighting in addition to providing new tools and supplies.

This tool trailer has been made available not only for the Support Sky Harbor Coalition’s neighborhood cleanups, but has been crucial for other neighborhood revitalization projects such as Block Watch Group cleanups and graffiti paint-outs as part of the NSD’s Tool Lending Program. These might not have been possible without the new trailer, since tools and equipment are often difficult to find. More than 20 different community groups have used the trailer for projects so far. Support Sky Harbor’s goal in refurbishing the trailer was to provide useful tools to local neighborhoods and to make an investment in the community surrounding the Airport by giving time and talent.

Councilman Michael Johnson presented representatives from the Support Sky Harbor Coalition with the award.

“We are very pleased to receive the External Partnership Award,” said Mike Gausden, Support Sky Harbor Coalition Vice Chair who accepted the award on behalf of the Coalition. “The tool trailer and Coalition sponsored neighborhood cleanups would not have come to fruition and would not have been so successful without the time, talent and energies of our Coalition contributors, the community, the city of Phoenix Aviation Department and Neighborhood Services Department partners and volunteers."

Congratulations to the Support Sky Harbor Coalition on receiving this award. The next Support Sky Harbor Cleanup is scheduled for November 5.

First posted: 6/22/2011

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