Caption: The Tri-State Cares team is making sure to do everything they can for those who need assistance. From left, Anita Gill – Vice President, Sara Miranda – Treasurer, Maria Bower – Secretary, Amy Devine – President, Kristy Zavala – Board Member and Diana Young – Board Member. Photo by Alan Dale
BULLHEAD CITY – A brand-new nonprofit organization has set a course in the Bullhead City region to assist the elderly and chronically ill population.
Tri-State Cares, 5287 Hwy 95, Suite M in Fort Mohave, opened in January and is about to kickstart its journey with its first fundraiser this weekend.
The first is the Sound Bath Fundraiser, sponsored by Venus Energy Center – same location as previously listed – taking place 6 p.m. Friday, March 21.
“Join us to experience the healing vibrations of a crystal sound bowl bath led by the talented Christy Venus,” President Amy Divine said. “Relax, rejuvenate, and support a great cause! This is a donation-based event.”
The fundraiser that will provide finances to help assist those Tri-State Cares aims to assist is a crystal ball sound bath.
“You’re going to be, relaxing,” Divine said. “It’s kind of a meditative thing where Christy Venus, who owns Venus Energy Center, has donated her time and she will be playing the sound balls – crystal balls that she knows how to play that create this beautiful meditative music.
“The show should last about an hour.”
Divine said the machinations of the organization will focus on the tri-state area and the “mission” is to assist the focus-demographic with accessing resources, providing emergency meals and caregiving information and connecting those individuals to the right persons in their communities.
“I’ve been a hospice social worker for 15 years, so I deal with the elderly quite often I’ve seen over the years a lot of difficulty for them, especially with them living alone being able to access food,” Divine said. “Right now, there’s a long waiting list for the home delivered meal program, so people who are living alone and are homebound and not able to get to the store to get food and have that socialization piece.
“We want to help people be safe at home with installing safety equipment. We have been taking donations of medical equipment that we can loan out to people who can’t afford to access that. Our main goal is to get food for people who are on a waiting list.”
The next planned fundraiser is set for May 3 and is the Farm to Table event in collaboration with Triple Farms where fresh, locally sourced ingredients meet a great cause.
For more information or to monitor its progress, follow Tri-State Cares on Facebook.
Divine said the calls are coming as the organization’s presence is beginning to be felt in Mohave County.
“It’s about connecting people with resources and educating on what’s available so we’re already doing that,” Divine said. “From the community, phone calls from people looking for things like how I can get help taking care of my mom at home, how do they get them placed in a facility, how do they pay for that. Once we have more money coming in, of course we will be taking referrals for people for meals and other needs.”
