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39 NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE + Center for the Future of Arizona + Childhelp + DreamCatchers + Executive Council Charities + Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council + Herberger Theater Center + PANDA (People Acting Now Discover Answers) + Special Olympics Arizona + Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) TABLE OF CONTENTS { may/june 2021, volume 19, issue 4 } WHAT YOU’RE SAYING ...... 08 Reader feedback EDITOR’S NOTE ..................... 09 Spring in Two Acts 10 QUESTIONS WITH ......... 10 Sybil Francis, president & CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona BOOKMARKED ...................... 13 Casey Strunk, 2020-2021 Executive Council Charities board chair OFFICE DOORS ..................... 14 Christina Spicer, deputy director of Girl Scouts— Arizona Cactus-Pine Council KEY TO THE GOOD LIFE .... 18 Destination: Strawberry, AZ A 2 ND ACT ................................. 23 Jamie Heckerman helps Special Olympics athletes felt seen COVER STORY ....................... 26 Miss Effervescent NEXT DOORS ......................... 39 TGen leads Arizona’s COVID-19 response while pressing forward with research STYLE UNLOCKED .............. 42 Risa Kostis curates kits for life’s little emergencies CHARITY SPOTLIGHT ........ 47 DreamCatchers CHEERS TO THE CHAIRS .. 49 Colleen Chester, Sarah Frey, Courtney Gaintner & Kelly Vasbinder and Ivy Ciolli & Tracy Katz KITCHEN DOORS ................. 50 Let’s Eat! OPEN DOORS ......................... 55 It’s Summer?! 26 18