Humberto and Czarina Lopez: The Tucson couple donated $9 million to support the development of the HSLopez School of Business Analytics at the University of Arizona's Eller College of Management. The school will work to enhance business analytics education through faculty and research endowments and a program endowment. The Lopezes also committed $8 million to the College of Medicine — Tucson. One of their gifts will also serve to establish the Iovanna C. Lopez Endowed Deanship, named in honor of their daughter. Humberto Lopez received his degree in accounting in 1969 from the Eller College, then known as the UA School of Business and Public Administration.
Kiwanis de Amigos: The service club is taking two dozen students from Hendricks Elementary School shopping for gifts for members of their household this holiday season. Kiwanis de Amigos members, volunteers and members of the Key Club at Sabino High School will meet with the young shoppers at Walmart where they'll have a budget of $125 each to fulfill the lists they have prepared. That will be followed by a wrapping party and a surprise gift for the shoppers. The holiday initiative is in addition to the support Kiwanis de Amigos has provided to the Flowing Wells Family Resource Center for several years.
Southwest Gas: More than 50 volunteers from Southwest Gas teamed up with Tucson Clean and Beautiful to plant shade trees on the campus of Esperanza en Escalante, which provides housing, social services, programs and transportation to assist veterans transitioning into everyday life. The shade trees will provide a more peaceful, connective experience for the veteran residents, while helping to save on energy usage, aid in water retention and decrease erosion, absorb CO2 and increase shade canopy.
Coldwell Banker Realty: The Tucson Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Realty hosted a Homes for Dogs Adoption event in conjunction with Coldwell Banker Realty’s national Homes for Dogs Project. The event was held in partnership with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona at the Tucson Williams Centre office, 5460 E. Broadway. For the Homes for Dogs Project, Coldwell Banker Realty offices collect toys, pet food and monetary donations to help out the staff and volunteers of shelters. Select offices also partner with local shelters and organizations to host pet adoption events.
The Tucson Williams Centre office of Coldwell Banker Realty hosted a Homes for Dogs Adoption event in conjunction with Coldwell Banker Realty’s national Homes for Dogs Project.
