TABLE OF CONTENTS { january 2020, volume 18, issue 1 } 29 22 14 NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE + Arizona Community Foundation + Café Cultivate at Ability360 + Colleen’s Dream + Common Sense Media + Feeding Matters + GiGi’s Playhouse + Junior League of Phoenix Foundation + March of Dimes + Teen Lifeline EDITOR’S NOTE .............................. 07 More and Less 10 QUESTIONS WITH .............. 08 Steve Seleznow, president and CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation BOOKMARKED ................................ 13 Healthy Picks for Kids OFFICE DOORS .............................. 14 Juli and Gregory Bryan, owners of Cafe Cultivate at Ability360 CAREY’S CORNER ...................... 18 I Have a Voice COVER STORY ................................. 22 A Mother’s Dream NEXT DOORS ..................................... 29 Starving for Answers STYLE UNLOCKED ..................... 32 Missi Harrington’s Fashion Wonderland A 2 ND ACT ................................................ 37 How Tiny Became Mighty Big CHARITY SPOTLIGHT ............ 40 Teen Lifeline KITCHEN DOORS ......................... 44 Food for Thought CHEERS TO THE CHAIRS ... 46 Heidi Surovetz and Kimberly Guimarin OPEN DOORS .................................... 49 Easing into a New Decade READY TO DO YOUR TAXES? THE FRONTDOORS 2019-2020 TAX CREDIT GIVING GUIDE IS HERE! Make sure to check out frontdoorsmedia.com/taxcredit

EDITOR’S NOTE {on the job} H A P P Y JANUARY! To me, a new year is a time to take stock and hit the reset button when required. Because it’s a time for reflection, I had hoped to get something big and meaningful done in the week before New Year’s Day. Alas, no revelations were forthcoming. I spent the last week at home with my family, editing this magazine, and doing chores like laundry and cleaning the pantry. It wasn’t dramatic or remarkable. But, it turns out, the messages I got from this magazine were just what I needed to hear. I met four sisters who fought through the devastation of losing their mother to create a foundation dedicated to saving the lives of moms, daughters, sisters, aunts, grandmothers and girlfriends everywhere. I read about two parents who brought their son’s dream to fruition by providing healthy food to the community and jobs to people with disabilities. I learned about a couple giving back to the organization that helped their premie not only live but blossom day by day. And I discovered another mom speaking up for children with Down syndrome. A healthy new year, it seems to me, means taking steps to discern what’s important and advocating for those we care about, including ourselves. It’s not about being perfect, but always trying to do — and be — just a little bit better. Somewhere on the Internet, I saw a post about a “More and Less” list. Not some grand resolution, but two columns that outline what we want more of on one side and what we want less of on the other. It isn’t a list of huge promises but small desires. “Attitude is everything, so pick a good one,” Colleen Drury, the namesake of Colleen’s Dream, told her daughters, who I was fortunate to write about this month. I’ll carry Colleen’s words with me as I start the new year, trying to pick the right attitude and be just a little bit better. May 2020 bring more of what you want and less of what you don’t, and may you carry these small happinesses into the world. HERE IS MINE: Karen Werner EDITOR @kwerner409