APRIL 2017 28 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM {news, updates and events} HEAR HERE The best stories we saw this month about those who give generously and work for a better future. WASTE NOT, WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME, MATCHES EXCESS WITH NEED The operation that delivered three million pounds of food to hungry people in 2016 is run out of an 8’ by 10’ office inside of a Scottsdale senior center. Waste NOT lives up to its name. Not even an inch of office space is squandered. Its president and CEO, Dee Mitten, said they don’t get much walk-in traffic at its room- sized headquarters. “We’re pretty well hidden,” she said. Its tiny office reflects the low profile of Waste NOT. “Here we are celebrating our 30th birth - day and in some quarters we’re still the best-kept secret in Phoenix,” Mitten told Frontdoors. “The main reason is that we’re behind the scenes. We’re not located in big huge facilities. There’s a perception that we’re a food bank but we’re not. We don’t warehouse food.” Its refrigerated six trucks and van are housed at the Salvation Army, a relation - ship “we’ve had since the beginning of time,” Mitten said. READ MORE ONLINE

APRIL 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 29 LA RUSSA’S PAWS CAUSE READ MORE ONLINE {news, updates and events} HEAR HERE The best stories we saw this month about those who give generously and work for a better future. For Tony La Russa, helping animals is far more than a “pet” cause. La Russa and his wife Elaine have long shared a passion for companion animals. The Hall of Fame manager who led the Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals to World Series titles did not have a pet while growing up, due in part to his mother having a traumatic incident with a cat. But he has more than made up for that lost time around animals by founding Animal Rescue Foundation (which boasts one of the best nonprofit acronyms you’ll find – ARF), that saves dogs and cats who have run out of time at public shelters and pairs them with someone in need of a companion.