- CREST Insurance: The insurance group donated $25,000 to Sister Jose Women’s Center to help with their new facility for homeless women in Tucson.
- Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise: The enterprise donated more than $128,000 to organizations serving the Tohono O’odham Nation. The funds were raised at the 14th annual Desert Diamond Casinos Golf Classic. The recipients are the Tohono O’odham Department of Health & Human Services Division of Prevention Kom Ckud Ki: Domestic Violence; Tohono O’odham Veteran’s Affairs; and Tohono O’odham Community Action/Tohono O’odham Ki:Ki Association, which are collaborating on a joint project.
- Summit Hut: Summit Hut raised $1,500 for Friends of Oracle State park, a 4,000-acre wildlife refuge in northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. It serves as a center for environmental education while providing programming for all ages through interactive programs, trails and avenues for interrelationships and habitats between plants, animals and people.
Submit items about charitable donations by local businesses or nonprofits to business@tucson.com; please use Giving Back in the email subject line and include photos in JPEG format.
