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The internet is a great place to research, keep up with friends and family and to stay up to date on current events. It’s important to stay safe while surfing the web and to ensure that our loved ones know how to protect themselves, too. 

There are many ways to enjoy the great outdoors in Arizona on a budget. With a bit of planning, you can experience all that Arizona has to offer without breaking the bank.

By implementing these simple ideas, you can easily spruce up the exterior of your home and make it look beautiful and inviting for the spring season.

It is important that you decide on the house rules as a family and begin teaching them immediately. Don’t wait for your new dog to settle in before introducing the rules. Predetermine eating and sleeping areas, access to furniture and other rooms of the house as well as things like manners around the kitchen table. Being taught the house rules consistently from each family member, right from the start, will help make a confidant, well-mannered pet in the future. 

Fear not. I’m not shaking my walker at the younger folk today, so all you junior Gens are safe from my cranky, nostalgic wrath. 

April is National Stress Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of how stress can impact your mental and physical health.

Fear can hold us back in many walks of life — but don’t let it keep you from making appropriate investment moves.

When I work in my yard, I prepare my body for the job by drinking coconut water. I will wear the proper clothes, which should be loose fitting. I will wear a hat to prevent sun damage. I will wear eye protection and gloves. I will also wear knee pads, which can be purchased from the local hardware store. I perform my weed pulling on my hands and knees and allow my back to be relaxed.

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide support, services and education to individuals, families and caregivers affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias nationwide and to fund research for better treatment and a cure.

United Food Bank, located in Mesa, is always seeking volunteers who can assist with sorting and box food donations, building emergency food bags and serving families at its food distributions. Thanks to the contributions of over 13,000 volunteers at United Food Bank in 2022, the organization was able to provide over 21.6 million pounds of food to over 2 million Arizonans suffering from food insecurity.