AUGUST 2017 68 | 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. FROM PERU TO NICARAGUA, SCOTTSDALE DOCTOR IS A MAN ON A LOT OF MISSIONS Dr. James Foltz never imagined that his medical career would take him to faraway lands like Peru and Nicaragua. But in August Dr. Foltz is scheduled to em - bark on his 25th surgical mission trip when he heads to Peru to perform life-changing surgeries on women there. It will be the 13th volunteer mission trip the Scottsdale gyne - cologist will take with Esperanca, an interna - tional nonprofit headquartered in Phoenix. Dr. Foltz, who started his OB/GYN practice, Focus on Women, in Scottsdale in 1983, had never really considered volunteer medical travel. “I heard about people doing it but until my friend got me interested I never thought I would do such a thing,” he said. His close friend, a general surgeon, had gone on a mission to Bolivia on his own about 15 years ago. READ MORE ONLINE

AUGUST 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 69 WITH HARD-WON SETTLEMENT FUNDS, AG BRNOVICH AIMS TO PROTECT SENIORS A two-year grant from the Arizona Attorney General’s office, courtesy of a national lawsuit settlement, will help seniors with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Foundation for Senior Living was awarded $123,811 to put into place its Stay Active and Independent for Life fitness program designed to help seniors. This evidence- based program will be offered in its three Valley centers. The Office of Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich awarded the grant recently from a litigation settlement between Arizona and 36 other states against a pharmaceutical company. The settlement funds, Brnovich said, is to be used for education, outreach, treatment for mental illness, mental disorders and cognitive disorders. His office receives the settlement funds and then issues requests for groups to submit proposals. The proposals are reviewed by a team in his HEAR HERE CONTINUED READ MORE ONLINE