Between October and December, the members of the Prescott Area Association of Realtor’s Community Service and Outreach Committee participated in “Don Shaffers’ Coats for Kids,” distributing boxes to schools and real estate office to collect coats and other winter items from across the Prescott Area to donate to local charities.
The program was the brain child of longtime local Realtor Don Shaffer, conceived as a collection and redistribution of kid size coats and jackets. Following his passing in 2016, the program was adopted by the PAAR Community Service and Outreach Committee, and named in his honor. The committee had sponsored it for the past three years.
“Don did a lot of research on where we would donate the coats,” said A.J. Sheridan, a friend and coworker of Don who originally worked with him at BloomTree Realty. “He made sure that the places we’d donate were all local…that they didn’t take what we donated and ship them off somewhere else. Taking care of our local communities is one of the highlights of the program. Don valued that a lot and it really helps out a lot of kids whose families don’t have a whole lot of money and need coats for the winter.”
The drive ended on December 13 with the Association filling Santa’s sack more than 29 times, with new and gently used coats for children, teens, and adults. All were donated to Stepping Stones, Prescott Area Shelter Services (P.A.S.S.), and various veterans agencies.
“Ideas are great, and we all have wonderful ideas, but it takes leadership, organizational skills, and a willingness to give of ones-self that implements these ideas and makes them happen,” said Jeri Shaffer, Don’s widow. “Don had these skills and dedication which benefitted the community.”
The Prescott Area Association of Realtors is a nonprofit trade association that provides more than 1600 Realtors with a local multiple listing service, educational opportunities, and other resources to help its members provide unparalleled service and professionalism to their customers.
PAAR COLLECTS COATS FOR KIDS IN PRESCOTT AREA
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Tickets are available at www.ycpac.com for the Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss concert, which is coming up on March 2 at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center. If you're not familiar with their musical careers, here's some background from YCPAC. ![]()
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Prescott, Arizona (2/2/2023) – Two stars, no waiting. When longtime friends and Country music artists combine their impressive set lists and their love of live performance, everybody in the audience wins. Yavapai College Performing Arts Center invites you to join Country music hitmakers Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss for a rousing and memorable ‘Together at Last’ performance, Thursday night, March 2 at 7 p.m. ![]()
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Two country music legends, with three Grammy awards between them, bring their prodigious talents, their solo hits, and their on-stage chemistry to the stage in ‘Together at Last.’ Friends since their early days in Nashville, Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss have each carved out careers in popular music with country chart hits spanning two decades. Kathy has had more than 30 singles in Billboard Magazine’s Hot Country Songs Charts, including “Goin’ Gone,” “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses,” and “Come From the Heart.” She won Grammy Awards for her 1990 single “Where’ve You Been?” and her 1993 Christmas Album Good News. Bogguss found stardom with her platinum-selling album Aces, which featured four hit singles: the title track, “Someday Soon,” “Outbound Plane,” and “Letting Go.” She won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Female Singer award in 1989 and the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award in 1992. ![]()
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Their busy solo careers allowed Kathy and Suzy few opportunities to collaborate musically, although they did perform a Grammy-nominated cover of “Teach Your Children” back in 1994. Their fans have clamored for a joint tour like this for years. And now, sporting new material developed for the tour, armed with two careers worth of stories and more hits than they can fit, Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss are together at last.![]()
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Tickets for Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss start at $32. Yavapai College Performing Arts Center is located at 1100 E. Sheldon Street, in Prescott. The YCPAC Ticket Office is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.; and Thursdays and Fridays, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For reservations or more information, please call: (928) 776.2000 or visit us online at: www.ycpac.com.![]()
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