Desiree Crawford is a military veteran and single mother of a 6-year-old girl. After high school, she served as a medical lab technician and medic in the U.S. Army and toward the end of her enlistment, she got married and became pregnant. She moved back to Arizona and decided to enroll in ASU's nursing program with help from a scholarship program.
Volunteers at PHX Renews Activation Day got their fill of planting, watering, shoveling, hammering and painting Saturday in an effort to “activate” a large vacant lot in midtown Phoenix to promote community interest in renewing vacant lots.
In a push to make fitness a top priority among downtown residents, the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department is branching out its citywide FitPHX initiative with fitness-related events at Civic Space Park on the first Saturday of each month.
This Valentine’s Day, hundreds will dance through the streets of downtown Phoenix to raise awareness for domestic violence during One Billion Rising, an event expected to draw both men and women from across the state. Together with showings of the play “The Vagina Monologues,” the day will be formally presented as V-Day.
