We Care Pregnancy Center
Triva Fundraiser Supports Vital Service
Access to support and reliable resources can make a meaningful difference for families during pregnancy and throughout early childhood. In Benson, We Care Pregnancy Center serves as a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free education, resources, and practical assistance to expecting parents, caregivers, and families in need. While based in Benson, the center's services reach families throughout Cochise County and across southeastern Arizona.
The center offers support that extends well beyond pregnancy, providing a variety of programs designed to help families navigate the challenges of raising children. Available resources include car seat safety education, illness and accident prevention classes, children's clothing for all ages, and ongoing support for parents and caregivers. Through these services, We Care has become a valuable community resource for local families.
Expectant parents have access to educational programs and personalized support, including lactation assistance, guidance for planning and preparing for parenthood, referrals to medical providers and social service agencies, and "Growing Together" classes that focus on practical parenting and life skills. Families can also receive essential items such as diapers, wipes, clothing, and other necessities to help meet the everyday needs of a growing household.
The organization's work is made possible through the continued support of the community. Annual fundraising events, including the Walk for Life and Team Trivia Night, along with financial contributions and donations of clothing, car seats, diapers, and other essential items, help sustain the center's programs and expand its ability to serve families. Through these collective efforts, We Care Pregnancy Center continues to provide practical resources, education, and encouragement to families throughout the region.
For more information, or to give, visit www.wecarebenson.com
We Care About You - We Care Pregnancy Center
or call (520) 402-2013
Like Us on Facebook, or reach out to wecareofbenson18@gmail.com
Upcoming Event
Team Trivia Night
October 24, 2026 at the
First Baptist Church of Benson (480)283-1101 or by email WeCareBoard.Pamela@gmail.com
for more information
We Care Pregnancy Center
Hours:
Monday 9:00am–2:00pm
Friday 9:00am–2:00pm
Visit Us: Mail Us:
450 N Adams St PO Box 1687
Benson, AZ Benson, AZ
85602 85602
Where They Buck’s 10th Anniversary Returns to Sierra Vista
Buckle Up for a Decade of Dust and Drama!
Saddle up, Sierra Vista! The 10th Annual Where They Buck Bull Riding is charging back October 23 and October 24 for the biggest celebration yet in the cool fall weather. Celebrating a decade of action, this year’s event features top bull riders, great entertainment, and an unforgettable Western experience for the whole family.
Friday, October 23, marks the highly anticipated return of the Junior Bull Riding Championship Showdown. Watch the future stars of professional bull riding battle for championship honors, a coveted buckle, and prize money. Gates open at 5 p.m., with competition beginning at 7 p.m. Enjoy vendors, food, beer gardens, event merchandise, music, and family-friendly entertainment before the next generation takes center stage.
Saturday, October 24, the excitement reaches new heights as we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Where They Buck Invitational Bull Riding. More than 30 elite bull riders from across the U.S. and around the world will compete against the rankest bulls. Ten premier bull teams will battle for team honors in one of the sport’s most unique formats. With over $20,000 in cash and prizes on the line, competitors will leave it all in the arena chasing glory. Organizers are pulling out all the stops for the biggest and most unforgettable event ever.
Gates open at 3 p.m. with Kids Mutton Bustin’ at 5 p.m., followed by live music and pre-show festivities. At 7 p.m., the arena explodes with the most action-packed bull riding night Sierra Vista has ever seen, followed by a live concert and anniversary celebration.
Be part of history and join us for the 2026 Where They Buck 10th Anniversary — a weekend packed with world-class competition, live entertainment, family fun, and the toughest sport on dirt.
Foster Care Crisis Hits Home in Cochise County
In the sun-baked expanses of southeastern Arizona, a quiet crisis is separating families and stretching the limits of community care. Abby Dodge, Coordinator of the Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program in Cochise County, paints a stark picture: roughly half of the children in open dependency cases originating here are placed outside the county.
As of June 30, the end of the fiscal year, 174 children from Cochise County remained in care. Of those, about 85—50 percent—live far from home. That figure has climbed from 42 percent the previous year and stands as the highest Dodge has seen in her 11 years on the job. These young people end up in Phoenix, Yuma, Flagstaff, or even tiny towns near Payson that few locals have heard of.
The distance exacts a heavy toll on reunification efforts. Parents must complete services, secure housing and employment, and demonstrate lasting behavioral change—all within limited hours. A four-hour drive each way to visit a child can consume an entire day, forcing impossible choices between seeing their kids and meeting court-ordered requirements.
Teenagers face the steepest barriers. Few foster families feel equipped to handle the emotional trauma and behavioral challenges that often accompany older youth. Cochise County has no group homes, so many teens are sent to congregate settings in Tucson or beyond, losing friends, schools, and every familiar connection at an already turbulent age.
Becoming a foster parent involves a state-level application, fingerprint clearance, references, a home study focused on safety and space, medical clearance, and 30 hours of online training. It is a volunteer role supported by a modest monthly stipend meant to offset the costs of caring for a child. Monthly visits from Department of Child Safety workers help ensure needs are met.
Yet for those who approach fostering with the goal of temporary support rather than permanent adoption, the work can be deeply rewarding. Some long-term foster parents open their homes repeatedly, partnering with biological families and helping children return home stronger.
Dodge points interested residents to DCS.az.gov, where the Foster and Adoption section lists licensing agencies tailored to different backgrounds and strengths. In a county where half its vulnerable children must leave to find a bed, every new home keeps a family closer to healing.
Senior Helpers Seeks to Help Elderly Flourish At Home
By R.J. Cohn
One of the few in-home care providers in southern Arizona utilizing more than 100 professional caregivers to assist the elderly, Senior Helpers is more than just a one-stop agency for compassionate care serving home-bound seniors needing assistance.
Its holistic approach and proven track record addressing all aspects of a client’s well-being while focusing on maintaining independence and dignity not only stands out among the rest.
It’s the only age-friendly home-care agency in Cochise County that’s Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) certified, the gold standard for healthcare providers meeting industry standards in delivering high-quality care to clients.
“Our whole job is to help people thrive in their homes instead of having to go to a facility,” says Senior Helpers branch manager Lisa Metcalf. “Whether it’s simple companionship, bed-bound or personal care for Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s care, our job is to make the elderly as comfortable as we can in their homes. We’re that peace of mind that knows how to deliver comfort for those who need in-home personal care. We help so many people in our region that it warms my heart.”
Before taking on a client, Senior Helpers, performs a thorough at home Full Assessment using Life Profile, a data-driven assessment tool used to view the risks and factors that influence a loved one’s ability to age in their own home. “We talk about what resources we can best utilize to help them,” said Metcalf. “We’re here to advocate for the elderly and make them feel as safe and taken care of as we can.”
Serving the elderly throughout 15 counties in Arizona, Senior Helpers is committed to providing the best overall care to its clients. Metcalf says most of its care providers are certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and home health care aides. It also contracts with the Veterans Administration,
since home health aide services and respite care are part of the VHA standard medical benefits package. About 70% of Senior Helpers’ clients are veterans. Community liaison Karina Reed is constantly working with representatives at the Warrior Healing Center, Disabled Veterans and the American Legion.
“The biggest problem we run into in Arizona is that insurance, including Medicare, doesn’t pay for personal home care,” said Metcalf. “Instead, it pays for medical home health care. Unfortunately, we’re the non-medical side of home healthcare.”
Despite not qualifying for insurance, Senior Helpers is affordable at $36 per hour with a 3-hour shift minimum.
“When we take a client to a doctor’s office, we just don’t drop them off at the door,” said Metcalf. “Our caregivers go in with them and take detailed notes. We are 100% there for them and their family because that’s what our mission is all about.”
For more information, call 520-685-8083 or visit the website below.
Setting the Gold Standard for Customer Service
By R.J. Cohn
Sometimes when you’re good, you're just plain good.
But when it comes to customer service, Sierra Vista Culver’s “just plain good” is not just good.
It’s off–the-charts good.
That’s a big reason why the family-friendly restaurant on State Route 92, known for its Butter Burgers and frozen custard, has won scores of national awards – including placing in the top five of the Culver’s Crew Challenge eight times since it opened in 2015.
It’s also why owners Kevin and Sandy Adams and the crew of 87 employees have built one of the most loyal, repeat customer bases in all of Cochise County, one that puts Culver’s in a league of its own, along with a parking lot that’s rarely empty.
That’s why Currents is recognizing the entire Culver’s team for setting the gold standard when it comes to customer service in an era when the American Customer Service Satisfaction Index says the level of customer service satisfaction has suffered the largest decline in 30 years.
From frontline order takers to cleaning crews, Culver’s employees consistently bring top-shelf service with smiles and sincere friendliness from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
“We know we have a high standard to maintain, and that’s what drives us toward excellence,” said general manager/part-owner Riley Adams. “We never let go of that focus. It’s how I was trained and how our crew feels about what they do here. Our customers are our priority, and we try to treat them like family every time they walk through the door.”
By company standards, Culver’s has been a model franchise, repeatedly in the national Crew Challenge picture year after year and has stamped a lasting impression on the community. It has been involved with agencies throughout the city, sponsoring programs and events from the Sierra Vista Police Department, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, local schools and youth organizations.
“We’re fortunate to have such a great crew who come each day with positive attitudes and want to go that extra mile for our customers,” said Adams. “When you have a team that truly cares about the people they serve, it doesn’t get much better than that.”
That’s part of the reason the Adams’ distributes financial winnings among its crew whenever Culver wins a piece of the company’s franchise competition.
“Do we have high expectations here?” Sandy Adams told me several years ago after winning the prestigious GW Culver Award for the second time as the top franchise of more than 900 Culver’s stores. “We sure do, and our crew goes out and meets them every day. They’re a huge part of our success. They work with us, not for us. We take care of them, and they take care of us. It’s like one big family that pulls together all the time.”
Nominations for great customer service providers welcome at epetermann@ssvec.com.
AN UPBEAT TWIST TO SCREEN PRINTING
An Upbeat Twist to Screen Printing
By Michelle Hunter
If you enjoy supporting local shops, with reasonable prices, really cool people, guaranteed work, clear communication, quality products, and smooth process every time- then you have got to check out Ink Thugs.
Owner and operator of Ink Thugs, Amy Moss, has quite the operation inside the store front located at 1939 Frontage Rd. Suite G, in Sierra Vista near Doc's Watering Hole. When you step through the doors, you will be greeted with smiles, upbeat music, and an impressive display of the various machines and apparent stages that go into the process of creating custom, one of a kind screen print shirts.
After experiencing the struggle of shopping for original shirt designs, not to mention t-shirt quality and fit, Amy took it upon herself to find a solution. After the investment of time, money, technique, and heaps of learning, Amy and her team have now mastered the challenge and are ready to share their talent with you. July will mark two years the business has been thriving in the current store location, and three years since launching.
In that time, the business, skills, services and range of customers have grown well above initial expectations. Earning the “Best of Sierra Vista” in 5 categories in 2025 is testament to that! While taking a tour through the shop to understand what goes into the process, the materials involved, and the complexity of the phases, it easy to grasp why this trade is truly a skilled art. Patience and “trust the process” definitely have a part here.
Ink Thugs offers a variety of screen-printing processes and techniques, sure to accommodate your design needs. Ink Thugs is equipped to take on small orders or in bulk, with a fast turnaround time and guaranteed work- with a business model like that it is sure to keep thriving in the heart of Sierra Vista.
Walk in and check it out for yourself Monday- Friday from 9 am - 4 pm, or head on over to their Facebook page to see all the creative fun they are having at Ink Thugs.
1939 Frontage Rd, Suite G
Sierra Vista, AZ
(520) 593-6069
Amy Moss, owner and operator of Ink Thugs
