Tag: Valley Assistance Services

Local Charity Collecting Backpacks and School Supplies

Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS), a Green Valley based 501(c)(3), is collecting school supplies for the many needy families and their children enrolled in the schools in the southern part of their service area. School supplies should be geared for students in grades kindergarten through 8. More than 92 percent of these students receive either free or…

Valley Assistance Services Needs Help

Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS) has long held on to the ideal of reaching out to help others and serving those in need in the local community. Despite the collective challenges we all are facing with COVID-19, the VAS staff and volunteers remain fully committed to do the work that helps so many others. Unfortunately,…

Valley Assistance Services Plans Empty Bowls Event

Peggy McGee Fourteen years ago, Valley Assistance Services (VAS) launched its Empty Bowls program to help keep its coffers flowing throughout the year. Each year it has grown with the number of bowls available and the number of people attending. This year’s event will be even more spectacular as the Quail Creek Ceramics and Pottery…

The roof has many holes in it

Amber Norgaard (left) and Sabra Faulk.

Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS) has been helping people in the local area for almost 50 years. Right now, their roof is leaking and so are the windows. The recent rains, though much needed, meant clients and staff had to walk a maze between containers catching the drops coming through the roof. The 35-year-old…

Valley Assistance Services fashion show tickets

  Peggy McGee There are still some tickets at $30 left for the Valley Assistance Services’ (VAS) fashion show on August 20 in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. with lunch being served at noon. You will be treated to a very berry salad and grilled chicken on salad greens…

Valley Assistance Services sends its thanks

Chris Erickson and Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS) sends its thanks to the residents of Quail Creek who were involved in the many facets of making Empty Bowls 2019 a huge success. Over 500 people attended the event held at Valley Presbyterian Church. Twenty-two restaurants, including the Grill, provide the delicious soups for the…

Purple Purse Challenge

  Peggy McGee Valley Assistance Services (VAS) is one of 300 organizations nation-wide that will be participating in the Purple Purse Challenge sponsored by The Allstate Foundation. A 501(c)(3) charity, VAS supports families and seniors in Green Valley, Sahuarita, Amado and Tubac. The purpose of the Purple Purse Challenge is to raise funds for victims…