Local-Out of the Box Resolutions
Tired of the same old resolutions? Here is a list of local experiences to help you knock a few out-of-the-box resolutions off of your list.
Group Volunteering with Family, Friends and Colleagues
 | Group volunteering is a great way to connect with your peers while making a positive impact on your community. When volunteering at Arizona’s Children Association, you will be able to complete one-time projects that are tailored so all parties involved have fun. For more information, please visit https://www.arizonaschildren.org/get-involved/. |
Help a Furry Friend
 | This non-profit helps care for thousands of animals a year and connects residents with their purrfect fur-ever friends! The Arizona Animal Welfare League is the oldest and largest no-kill shelter in the state. Founded in 1971, AAWL has saved the lives of over 100,000 cats and dogs by providing a full range of services for animals and pet owners, including adoptions, behavior training, and low-cost medical care. These life-saving programs are only possible because of the dedicated AAWL community, who support the shelter through volunteering, adopting, fostering, and donating. For more information, visit aawl.org. |
Serve Single-Parent Families Battling Cancer
 | The Singletons is an Arizona based nonprofit, devoted to meeting the needs of single-parent families affected by cancer. The Singletons is a family, offering strength, hope, resources and community. Providing meals, supplies, stipends, opportunities to gather in community, and a healthy dose of compassion, The Singletons aim to help their families discover the “little rainbows” during unsettling times. To learn more about how to get involved, visit www.thesingletonsaz.org |
Help Expand Access to Healthcare
 | Equality Health Foundation envisions a world of vibrant and inclusive communities where all individuals have the opportunity to live healthy lives. A bold vision like this cannot be accomplished alone and requires extensive collaboration across local communities around the country to make a sustainable and transformative change—a movement for advancing equal health for all. To learn more about how to get involved, visit https://www.equalityhealthfoundation.org/ |
Volunteer at a Hospital
 | Volunteers are essential to Phoenix Children’s and no matter what you’ll do, you will be making a difference. From helping families find their way around the hospital to working with children at our in-hospital school, there are many ways to get involved as a volunteer. Donating your time can be the most fulfilling thing you do in 2023! For more information, visit their website. |
Learn about the Holocaust
 | Stories of Survival: An Immersive Journey Through the Holocaust, is an exhibit at the Arizona Jewish Historical Society that features an interactive holographic of a local Holocaust survivor, Oskar Knoblauch. The exhibit also features a virtual reality experience, “The Last Goodbye,” narrated by Pinchas Gutter, which takes viewers inside the Nazi concentration camp, Majdanek, in Poland. Visit www.azjhs.org for more information. |
Learn How to Build a Flower Bouquet
 | Flowers bring us joy and beauty. Learning to build a beautiful bouquet is both rewarding and a fun new skill to learn. Stemistry, a locally owned flower shop offers bouquet building classes twice a month, a great time to learn this skill. Or groups can schedule a private event to learn how to build a bouquet. For more information visit www.stemistryaz.com |
Work on Your Dancing Skills
 | Dave and Buster’s at Tempe Marketplace offers weekly dance classes like country line dancing, salsa and more. These classes are a perfect way to keep up with your new hobby, assuring you get some movement in every week and making new friends! Start 2023 off strong by incorporating lively art into your life. |
Start you own side hustle
 | Are you looking to become an entrepreneur in 2023? Get connected with resources and other business owners through the Association for Entrepreneurship USA! AFEUSA serves the discipline of entrepreneurship and includes a “gig” or even “micro-gig” worker who earns income providing on-demand work, services, or goods through temporary, contract or freelance jobs. By joining forces for greater purchasing power, AFEUSA offers today’s entrepreneurs the competitive edge needed to compete in today’s digital world. For more information, visit www.afeusa.org. |
Expand Diet Horizons with Seafood
 | Indulge in a seafood boil borrowing flavors from Asian and Cajun cuisine. Choose from crustaceans like Dungeness, snow crab, king crab, mussels, shrimp and succulent lobster, six levels of heat, seven different spices and add-ins like seasonal veggies, corn on the cob and Andouille sausage. Priced by the pound. Angrycrabshack.com |
Try a new dish-Poblano Don Manuel
 | This authentic and traditional mole is made from four different chiles, a variety of aromatic spices, platano macho and sweet Oaxacan chocolate. This dish is paired with chicken, served over Mexican rice and corn tortillas. $24. www.agavedelscottsdale.com |
Expand Your Diet with Southern Cuisine
 | From its signature buttermilk fried chicken tenders and french toast to its Creole shrimp n’ southern grits, SugarJam The Southern Kitchen brings all your favorite Southern dishes to North Scottsdale. In addition to its delicious brunch, SugarJam is known for its extensive list of Southern-themed cocktails, baked goods, gift shop, and its resident DJ spinning all the greatest hits. SugarJam The Southern Kitchen is a local restaurant, bakery, and bar that is open every Wednesday through Sunday. For more information on SugarJam and to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings, visit sjsouthernkitchen.com/ or follow on Instagram. |
Prioritize Safety
 | Local business C2 Tactical–located in Tempe and Scottsdale–offers self-defense courses that empower the individual for a new prepared and confident you. Some courses included are baton, taser, handgun, overlanding, and disaster prep. Both locations are equipped with a retail store, indoor gun range, simulation room as well as memberships and shooting packages. For more information, follow @c2tactical on Instagram to stay up-to-date, or visit c2tactical.com. |
Expand Your Emergency Fund & Savings
 | Exceed your financial goals at TruWest in the new year! TruWest Credit Union is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz. and operates as a cooperative providing its members with a lifetime of quality financial services and a culture of caring for its organization, employees and communities. TruWest is a strong and sound financial institution with more than 93,000 members and assets totaling more than $1.5 billion. TruWest Credit Union has 11 branch locations—eight in metro Phoenix and three in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit https://truwest.org/. |
Try new healing modalities and prioritize self-care
 | This month, it’s okay to be “me, me, me” – after all, January is National Self Love Month, a time to treat ourselves kinder, appreciate our bodies and build self-worth. To kick off the new year and dig into positive resolutions, Scottsdale wellness studio Quasar Quantum Healing is inviting new customers to see the studio’s alternative healing modalities and one-of-a-kind therapies. Quasar Quantum Healing (QQH) combines cutting-edge, non-invasive technology with yoga, meditation and nutritional guidance designed to detox the body at a cellular level and help achieve whole-body wellness. To learn more or book an appointment, visit www.quasarquantumhealing.com. |
Exploring The Valley’s Hidden Gems
 | Tortilla Flat, an authentic western town, is nestled in the Tonto National Forest and Superstition Mountain Range and is a hidden gem in the Valley. The quaint town has an abundance of hiking trails ideal for wildflower viewing, bird watching and witnessing the beautiful mountain landscapes Arizona has to offer. Popular hikes to explore near or in Tortilla Flat include Boulder Canyon Trail, Browns Peak via Brown’s Trail, Hackberry Springs Loop, Jacob’s Crosscut Trail, Lower La Barge Box Trail and Reavis Ranch Trailhead. Tortilla Flat is a popular destination for all your hiking and outdoorsy needs. |
See the Historic Fountain in the Town of Fountain Hills
 | Take a stroll around the world-famous fountain that runs every hour on the hour for 15 minutes from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. every day of the week! At its full height of 560 feet, the fountain in the center of Fountain Hills is higher than the Washington Monument. It is 10 feet taller than Notre Dame Cathedral, 110 feet higher than the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt and three times as high as Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park. Visit Experience Fountain Hills for more information. |
