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Prom for terrific Tucson teens
05/01/2024
Arizona Stadium was the site of this year’s Diamond Children’s and Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation prom, celebrating fun, friendship and the camaraderie among teen patients who are battling illness.
Read MoreThe BIG Pink Bus is on a roll
05/01/2024
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center recently celebrated the unveiling of The BIG Pink Bus, a mobile mammography unit hitting Valley streets that will offer 3D mammogram screenings to thousands, particularly those in outlying areas.
Read MoreBanner Health’s Peter S. Fine to retire
05/01/2024
Peter S. Fine, FACHE, who led Banner Health through 24 years of unprecedented growth and a rise to national prominence, will retire on June 30 and be succeeded by Banner’s president, Amy Perry, who will become president and chief executive officer.
Read More2024 Banner Children’s Open was a hole in one
05/01/2024
From creative challenge holes to excellent food on and off the course to the now-legendary Mystery Hat Wall, this year’s Banner Children’s Open had it all. Under blue skies on April 12 at Wildfire Golf Club at the JW Marriott Resort Desert Ridge, nearly 300 golfers helped raise more than $820,000 – a new record – to benefit the Child Life program at Banner Children’s medical centers in Arizona.
Read MoreUse your IRA to make a tax-free charitable gift
04/01/2024
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) owners age 70½ or over can transfer up to $105,000 directly to a qualified charity such as the Banner Health & Alzheimer’s Foundations without having to pay income taxes on the money.
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