A great big thank you to Al McCoy, the voice of the Phoenix Suns! One of my favorite clients, Yavapai Exceptional Industries (YEI!), celebrated THIRTY years in our community on January 28. YEI! creates meaningful work, volunteer, and recreational opportunities for over 150 developmentally disabled adults. Brad Newman, Executive Director ( and all around fun guy) and I were brainstorming creative (and low cost!) ways to celebrate this milestone. We asked Mr. McCoy if he would record the after-hours answering machine message at YEI! and he did so for us gratis, for the SECOND time: we first asked him five years ago when YEI! was commemorating their silver anniversary. I just want to personally thank Al for his kind and generous gesture. If you’d like to hear the message, call this number after 5:00 p.m.: 928.445.0991.

I would also like to commend Harkins Theatres on their public service announcement policy. They generously donate on screen ad space to qualifying non-profits, as space permits. The Marketing Department at Harkins shepherded us through the process of creating a compliant ad for our friends at Yavapai Exceptional Industries (YEI!) and you can see it for yourself if you visit the Precott Valley Harkins between March 5 and April 1, 2004. Thanks, Harkins, for your clear guidelines and spirit of community service!