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The Grand Canyon State Games is a multi-sport Olympic Festival for Arizona amateur athletes of all ages and abilities. The Games is organized by the Arizona Sports Council and is affiliated with 47 other state games throughout the United States. It is sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic Committee through the National Congress of State Games. The Games seeks to provide Arizonans with an avenue for personal development through sports. In 2007, over 30,000 Arizonans participated. Click here for more information.

CITYSunTimes is a complimentary niche market community newspaper serving the expanding Northeast Valley. Readers live throughout Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Kierland, Desert Ridge, Tatum Ranch, Tatum Highlands, Aviano, Northeast Phoenix, Carefree and Cave Creek. The content includes substantive articles that people WANT to read and look forward to from month to month. We are dedicated to the community, to neighborhood residents and issues, events close to home that are compelling to our readership and provide an outstanding foundation for our advertisers to build a customer base. Circulation of the Inaugural Edition was 11,000 newspapers. Due to substantial interest, circulation tripled to 32,000. Average readership is 64,000. Response for our advertisers has been significant.

The longest running kids only strength and conditioning facility in the country, since 1989.  The program is designed to evaluate where the child’s body is prone to injury and create a balance of strength and flexibility to reduce the risk of injury.  They use a special line of kid’s strength equipment designed by founder Bob Davis, made to fit their bodies.  They also help to increase speed and agility to make sports more fun.  By teaching proper mechanics and how to change direction, their bodies work more efficiently and their balance and coordination increase.  With this strength and conditioning program, the kids are empowered to make better decisions regarding health choices as well as positive influences in their lives.  Go to www.strengthofamerica.us for more information or contact Bob Davis by phone at 480 219-0868 or email at strengthofamerica@cox.net.

Zrii is a delicious, NEW liquid nutritional beverage designed to bring rejuvenation, health and vitality into your life. Formulated by top doctors and physicians, Zrii is unique because of its synergistic blend of 7 powerful herbs and fruits that work at a cellular level. Zrii is the only product endorsed by the famous Chopra Center for Well Being. Z 10 Stars was founded by experienced Dr.s, Executives and Entrepreneurs dedicated to sponsoring local and national programs that promote health, prosperity and wellbeing. Please visit our website for more information on Zrii and the Z 10 Stars team. www.z10stars.com.

"Empower YOUR students to become a product of C.H.O.I.C.E!"

The American Heart Association works every minute of every day to advance groundbreaking medical research, spread lifesaving knowledge, and reach out to people of all ages and ethnicities.  We’re creating healthier communities – safe from the devastation of heart disease and stroke – to help you and your loved ones live longer, stronger lives.  Learn more at www.americanheart.org.

The American Medical College of Homeopathy is a non profit homeopathic college located in Phoenix Arizona.  We are a center of excellence in homeopathic education and research.  AMCH is state licensed and nationally accredited through the Council on Homeopathic Education.  We offer a wide variety of programs including introductory classes, acute care programs, certificate programs, veterinary programs and distance learning programs. We are planning on opening a full time homeopathic medical school in 2011.  The AMCH Medical Center offers a full spectrum of family care, including specialty clinics such as a fertility clinic, low-income clinics and treatment of adolescents.

Debbie Noah, CCH, RSHom(NA) specializes in Classical Homeopathy.  She has been practicing homeopathy since 1990 after she took a remedy and her asthma was 80% better in 10 minutes.  She holds a degree in Holistic Health from Prescott College and is a graduate of the British Institute of Homeopathy and the American Medical College of Homeopathy.  She formed her company, Family Homeopathy, Inc. in 2001 and is in practice located at the American Medical College of Homeopathy where she is on the faculty.  She loves to work with people and see the amazing results that homeopathy can make in a person’s health and life.  Homeopathy is the best alternative medicine on the planet; it works deeply and gently.  The key to treatment is persistence and patience while the body heals itself – which is what the body does!  We specialize in You!

Welcome from Whole Foods Market in Tempe! At Whole Foods Market we aim to provide our customers with the highest in quality and largest in selection of natural and organic foods. All our products are free of artificial ingredients, colors or preservatives. Our Whole Body department features vitamins, supplement and body care products that meet our strict market standards. In addition, Whole Foods Market is committed to protecting our planet, both locally and globally. We strive to support the communities we are in. Whole Foods Market is proud to be a part of this event and we look forward to sharing our products and core values with you!

Young Chefs Academy of Scottsdale claims that cooking is one of the most important after-school activities your child should be participating in.  "Cooking is for life!" is what Chef Alan proclaims.  At Young Chefs Academy, they use cooking to teach not only basic culinary skills and kitchen safety but also as a way to teach kids about math (measuring), science (experiments), culture (exposing them to foods from around the world), nutrition and manners.

Be it birthday parties, classes, workshops or iron chef competitions for adults/kids, you'll always have fun cooking something up in the world-class kitchens of Young Chefs Academy of Scottsdale.

Celebrating their 10th Anniversary during the 2008 season, the Arizona Diamondbacks have won four National League West Division Championships (1999, 2001-02, 2007) since entering Major League Baseball as an expansion franchise in 1998. The D-backs also became the fastest expansion team to win a World Championship after defeating the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series in only their fourth year of existence. The club has played in front of more than 26 million fans during its decade of existence at Chase Field, which features a signature swimming pool and a retractable roof to keep fans comfortable in an air-conditioned facility during Phoenix’s hot summer months. The organization has also donated more than $13 million to non-profit organizations in Arizona since 1997 through its Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and was named a “Best Place to Work” in 2007 by the Phoenix Business Journal and BestCompaniesAZ. To learn more about the D-backs, visit dbacks.com.

Benchmark Printing has had its roots in the community for over twenty years. We are a full service printer that specializes in Brochures, Postcards, Letterhead, Business Cards, Envelopes, Carbonless Forms, and High Speed Copying along with many other services that will meet our Customer’s needs. We continue to stay on the leading edge of technology to give our customers the most cost effective products that help them meet their goals. As always, we will continue to provide the highest quality product possible, in a timely manner. We create long lasting, prosperous relationships with our client partners to help them meet their objectives.  

Intero Real Estate Services has been helping people realize their dream of home ownership for nearly a decade. Intero prides itself on market knowledge, training, and customer service.  We have team members specialized in buying, selling, resale homes, new build transactions, the foreclosure process, shortsales, investments, and much more. Intero has also partnered up with Shoe 4 Africa, a national non-profit organization that collects unwanted shoes and disperses them to less fortunate children across the country of Africa.  The goal is to provide education, safety, and fitness to children who normally would not have that opportunity.  Please contact us if we can provide any assistance to you in the real estate market or if you can help us change the lives of children in Africa.

The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa is intuitively designed to celebrate Arizona’s rich history and diverse culture. The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa is a blissful sanctuary of opportunity and ambiance where nothing is overlooked to ensure guests leave feeling rested, enriched, and renewed. The AAA Four Diamond resort features accommodations that will sooth and stimulate from a full-service spa to 27 holes of championship golf, award-winning dining and adjacent premier shopping at Kierland Commons. Rare photographs, an ever-changing collection of paintings and commissioned artworks are predominantly displayed throughout the elegant hallways and venues, capturing the wondrous essence of Arizona for all to enjoy.

Aimèe was brought up in the hospitality industry and has been working within its perimeters for over 20 years. Aimèe's education, experience and networking connections in International Public Relations, Marketing, and World Travel Business has prepared her as a referral agent that creates and promotes business to business relationships through advertising, business networking, trade shows, and events to gain and maintain local, statewide, national and worldwide exposure for clients.

David and Sam PR knows how to tell a client’s story.  The Phoenix-based Studio mixes a potion of media and community relations, branding, internal communications, public affairs, marketing and field tactics making clients stand out. With 35 collective years of experience, the crew at David and Sam PR have been catalysts in entertainment, real estate, professional services, tourism & hospitality, technology, healthcare, publishing, telecommunications, education and not-for-profits, among other industries. The public relations studio positions its clients as market leaders using measurable public relations programs and does not stop working until their story is told.  Who’s telling your story? www.davidandsampr.com.  

Terri combines her talents in Hypnotherapy with the Emotional Freedom Technique to assist healing non-serving beliefs and emotional blocks from our past.  She works privately and teaches classes for permanent weight reduction, smoking cessation, stress-reduction, past-life regression and spiritual healing.  She allows her Intuition through the Angelic Realm to assist her clients healing process.  Terri enjoys sharing her energy and enthusiasm to facilitate your Innate Wisdom for Holistic Healing of Body, Mind & Spirit.

zpizza was founded in 1986 in Laguna Beach, California.  zpizza's goal is to offer unique, fresh and health conscious pizza.  In that effort, zpizza uses exceptionally premium ingredients.  It starts with 100% certified organic flour for its hand made crust and 100% certified organic tomato sauce for its base.  It continues with its msg-free pepperoni, additive-free sausage, skinless chicken breast, award winning low fat Wisconsin mozzarella, and lots of market fresh vegetables.  zpizza makes its dough from scratch daily and offers it in white or wheat.  It shreds its own mozzarella to avoid plastic based additives.  zpizza even offers soy cheese and gluten free crust options for those with special dietary needs.  zpizza prepares many of its ingredients itself, to make it the freshest and healthiest it can be, including its roasted garlic sauce, pico de gallo, roasted eggplant, caramelized onions, garlic rubbed croutons, balsamic dressing, and roasted candied walnuts.  Visit www.zpizza.com.

The WCA, Institute of Health & Fitness martial arts program is presently offered as an after school program through Imagine Bell Canyon.  Our martial art students are trained to share, learn, teach and most importantly, to value those things that make them unique. It is our goal to provide a positive, supportive atmosphere where students have fun and develop new skills as they develop their character.  For more information on classes and the art we teach, visit www.ihfaz.com.

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Preceding Sponsors

MotoPhoto & Portrait Studio on Greenway Road is a business that specializes in quality Lab services for professional and non-professional photographers throughout Arizona. Our associates pride themselves with consistent quality control. We offer processing and printing for those that shoot film. Our customers can save gas money and time, by ordering digital prints online at www.motoepics.com the customer then selects our Greenway Rd. location and we can usually have prints ready the next day. Also available are greeting cards, birth announcements and a variety of sized enlargements. Some gift ideas are photomugs, T-shirts and totes.
Greenway MotoPhoto
602-494-9269
4849 E. Greenway Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254

motophotogt@gmail.com    

Rio Salado College welcomes you to a dynamic learning opportunity - a world where technology can enrich your learning and education is accessible to students anytime, anyplace. You no longer have to choose between all the demands in your life and a career in education. You will be learning from experienced educators and sharing ideas and insights with classmates from across the United States and around the world.

·         State-approved certification coursework (K-12th grade)

·         Endorsements coursework for SEI, ESL, & Reading

Where it’s affordable to become a teacher:  www.riosalado.edu/teacher_prep.

We’re a team of professionals with a strong work ethic who are committed to finding answers – whatever it takes. Strategic thinking, clear communication, accountability and personalized service are hallmarks of the way we do business.  For those reasons and more, clients have been delighted with our work.  So will you. We develop complete campaigns by starting with public relations and publicity, the most affordable vehicle for most clients. Then we add to that. Advertising, internet marketing, collateral production or special events can all be part of the mix. We customize every campaign to meet the needs of our clients. More info www.slbcom.com.

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Blockwall Beautification of Arizona, LLC specializes in creating large, colorful, panoramic digital images that can add beauty and sophistication to your room, backyard, office or any other surface you want. Virtually any scene you like can be reproduced on our waterproof, fade-resistant, lightweight and flame retardant material and installed over your interior walls, backyard walls, office lobbies/treatment rooms.  Visit www.bwbofaz.com.

The Valley of the Sun YMCA has 322,030 members of which 56% were youth under the age of 18. Our YMCA facilities open their doors to a combined total of over 800 hours a week and serve more than 40,000 members and guests each month.

The Cave Creek Production Company focuses on providing broadcast style writing, field producing, reporting, on-air talent & non-linear editing. The CCPC also provides production coordinating services including: arranging crews, equipment, permits and location scouting. The Cave Creek Production Company also offers post-production options including: video packages for television broadcasts, motion pictures and private investment groups. Video transferring and duplicating services are also available. The mission of the Cave Creek Production Company is to provide low cost, high value production services that fit your needs.

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATION FROM A NAME YOU KNOW AND TRUST.

As the World’s Largest Home Improvement Retailer, we’ve helped “Do-It-Yourself” customers build their dreams for more than 25 years. Our customers no longer risk paying too much or not getting what they paid for when it comes to major home improvement projects. We do things right because it’s the right thing to do. That’s why we’re committed to bringing the same great experience to “Do-It-For-Me” customers, all from the comfort of their home. It’s what we call the home depot difference. When it comes to windows, patio doors, entry doors, roofing, siding, gutters or attic insulation: We take the risks out of your home improvement with quality products and installation from a name you know and trust. 

For your free in home consultation contact Ken Atkinson at 602-820-8910.

Join us as we celebrate our 10th anniversary drive! For the past ten years, people in our community have supported Moms and their babies at Homeward Bound… providing diapers, wipes, formula and emergency funds. The Annual Baby Diaper Drive helps families at Homeward Bound, which assists homeless and domestic violence families with children in Maricopa County. Most families served can’t cover the essentials of diapers, wipes, baby formula and more. Food stamps don’t cover most baby necessities. The Drive fills the gap by collecting months of emergency supplies and cash donations. www.babydrive.org

Performance Media® LLC helps organizations operate more efficiently by using strategies that increase performance and productivity. Performance Media specializes in providing services, products, and solutions that help individuals and organizations build Peak Performance Skills and resilience for dealing with change and challenges. They have a full array of products including seminars, coaching, audio programs, and CDs and are located in Phoenix, Arizona. Go to www.performance-media.com for more information or call Marie Dalloway, Ph.D. at 602-274-1889.