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S.T.A.R. - Stand Together And Recover Centers, Inc. is Arizona's original peer-run recovery agency, serving Maricopa and Pinal Counties since 1987. They offer mental health and substance use recovery services, providing a supportive space where staff with personal experience guide individuals through groups, education, employment assistance, and natural support building. With a focus on peer support, integrated care, evidence-based practices, and trauma-informed care, S.T.A.R. aims to help individuals facing life's challenges live the life they love. Through member-focused operational decisions and employee development, S.T.A.R. has served over 8,000 unique individuals, offering counseling, health and wellness services, life skills training, socialization opportunities, and more.Generated from the website

Established in 1983, United Food Bank is a community-based, private, nonprofit organization that provides hunger relief and food assistance by collecting, acquiring, storing and distributing food and related commodities through a network of social services agencies. It serves Maricopa, Gila, Pinal, Apache and Navajo counties in Arizona. The organization works in partnership with other nonprofit organizations that serve low-income hungry and food insecure families and individuals. United Food Bank offers the Kids Cafe program, which serves evening meals and snacks five nights in a week to at-risk children. It also offers the Helping Hands, a community outreach program that focuses on volunteers in the human services industry who need emergency boxes for their clients. The organization is located in Mesa, Ariz., and is affiliated with the Association of Arizona Food Banks and United Ways.