Tempe, Our Home Town
In 1984, then Mayor Harry Mitchell appointed Jenny to the City of Tempe's Industrial Development Authority Board. Her appointment has been renewed through today by each subsequent Mayor, including Mayor Hallman.....and she is one of the longest serving Tempe Board Members in our history. Bob also served on Tempe's first Bicycle Advisory Commission, and helped to launch our progress in some of our very best bicycle pathways. Advocates of and key to the ideology of public/private partnership, Jenny and Bob encourage you to participate in the wonderful events happening in our own neighborhoods within Tempe.
Tempe's Help to Others was founded by our Tempe Community Council to invite residents to voluntary add an extra dollar (or more) when paying their water bills. The monies (matched by Bob and Jenny) are then designated to help our neighbors in need, initially with water and utilities, and now expanded to help our youth and our seniors.
The Evelyn Rose Hallman Endowment to End Homelessness in Tempe, (specific to supportive housing and rapid rehousing):
Launching on World Homeless Day, October 10, 2011, Evelyn's Endowment will start a series of "Winters of Reaching Our Homeless Neighbors" with annual events on each World Homelessness Day (October 10), each Homeless Persons' Memorial Eve (December 21) and culminating at the start of each new year (January 15, Brother Martin's birthday.)
Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium will donate (in partnership with our Ramsey Social Justice Foundation) ASU's facility for our Graham Nash Concert-to-End-Homelessness on or near World Homeless Day, October 10, 2012. At that time, Graham Nash will also launch a Habitat for Humanity build for our eligible Tempe homeless neighbors.
ASU Gammage is also delighted to offer Graham ASU's Martin Luther King award at an event in January, 2013.
Our partners are the City of Tempe (The Honorable Mayor Hugh Hallman and Chief of Staff Mike Crusa), Tempe Community Council (Kate Hanley), the Valley of the Sun United Way (Nancy Dean, Amy Schwabenlender), Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium (Peter Means), Lakeshore Music (Woody Wilson), Tempe Community Action Agency (Beth Fiorenza), Tempe Salvation Army (George Eastlick), Habitat for Humanity (Karen Cordy), the Baxter Group (Kirk Baxter), and Central Arizona Shelter Services (Mark Holleran). Our Foundation's representatives for the cause are Tom Mann, Kirk Baxter, and Alexandra Schuchter. You are welcome to write [email protected] or [email protected] to help.
Please visit Graham Nash's exquisite website at http://www.grahamnash.com and participate in his causes.