LaKisha Deon and her husband were living at an air force base in the United Kingdom 13 years ago when she felt a calling to join God in transforming cities around the world.

Three years later when the couple moved to Arizona, she learned about 4Tucson, a nonprofit designed to unite and mobilize Christians as they addressed systemic problems in the city.

Today, as the organization’s CEO, she oversees initiatives like the Adopta Program, a framework that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to collect items for specific needs around the city, ranging from hygiene, to furnishings, food, kitchen needs and more.

Other programs include collaboration breakfasts based on specific defined needs to kids’ programs, financial education, neighborhood market days, and the CarePortal, an online platform that clearly identifies needs in the community to facilitate families, organizations and churches to help effectively and efficiently. 

Click here to learn more about 4Tucson: https://4tucson.com/

Original air date: December 26, 2024.

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