Each year the Desert Foothills Leadership Academy does a project to apply their leadership skills and give back to the community. This year’s project was a teacher appreciation event for Cactus Shadows High School teachers, to honor them for all they do with a special lunch and gifts. The goal of this event was to communicate to our local teachers just how important they are to the Desert Foothills area and in turn let them feel the love and support of their surrounding community.
The community stepped up in a big way! The Leadership Academy participants worked for several months and raised over $7,000 in local donations. From the donations collected, the Leadership Academy was able to present each teacher with gift certificates and coupons from local businesses at a luncheon on August 30th.
Generous community donations came from all these local sponsors who wanted to show their support to the teachers who work so hard educating the future leaders of our community:
Allstate – Rebecca Niessink
C & E Rentals
Carefree Physical Therapy
Carefree Property Group – Russ Lyon
Cave Creek Car Wash
The Cobb Family
Cobblestone Auto Spa
Dairy Queen of Cave Creek
Daisy Mountain Firefighters Charities
Dory & David Mawyer
Dutch Bros Coffee
Earth Care
Five Star Mexican
Taco Grill
Fit6
Flat Tire Bike Shop
GM Zimmerman Architect
GameDay Men’s Health
Glaze Donuts AZ
Helene Madden
Janey’s Coffee House
Julie Clark
Karsten’s Ace Hardware at Carefree
Kathleen Coleman
Kiwanis Club of Cave Creek & Carefree
Local Johnny’s Tavern & Café
Parkway Bank of Cave Creek
Premiere Estate Planning
Prickly Pear Inn
The Print Shop Cave Creek
The Roadhouse
Safeway
Sanctuary Tactical
Shiloh Builders
Shiloh General
Sprouts Farmers Market
Stumblina’s Cantina
Tonto Bar & Grill at Rancho Manana
Town of Carefree
Town of Cave Creek
UPS Store in Carefree
Walmart in Cave Creek
Window Covers by Julie
The Desert Foothills Leadership (DFL) Academy, a partnership with the Holland Center and Carefree/Cave Creek Chamber of Commerce, is driven by a strong community desire to be a part of the creation of our future leaders. Its mission is to educate, energize, and engage emerging leaders with a goal of enriching community life while responsibly mapping our future and sustaining our natural resources for generations to come. All of this is done through a focus on strengthening participants understanding of the Past, Current, and Future potential of the Sonoran Desert Foothills.
To learn more about the program, visit www.DesertFoothillsLeaders.org.
