Centennial Toyota and its customers supported kids with cancer at the third annual Centennial Shave Off. Anthony Woods, general manager of the dealership, hosted customers as they and Centennial Toyota team members got their heads shaved by young cancer survivors, with assistance from a professional hair dresser, to benefit the nonprofit Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada.
The Rape Crisis Center, 801 S. Rancho Drive, Suite B-2, Las Vegas, expanded to accommodate demand for services and to bolster its education and prevention initiatives. The center will offer more counseling hours, facilitate new support groups and provide more space for youth volunteers.
Cox Communications of Las Vegas employees donated school supplies to Olive Crest and the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. Cox Charities donated $10,000 to After-School All-Stars Las Vegas. The funds will be used for the “What’s Cool After School” program, which provides students with a meal and one hour of academic programs such as tutoring, mathematics and reading, then an hour of enrichment programs such as art, dancing or sports. Cox also is sponsoring the annual Young Artists’ Concerto Competition and has committed to funding the program for five years, at a cost of $65,000.
Shari Sutton and Dominica Anderson joined the board of directors of Dress for Success Southern Nevada. Sutton is president of Sutton Watkins Advertising and Marketing, and Anderson is managing partner of the Duane Morris Las Vegas office.
The local chapter of Medals 4 Mettle and law firm Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson partnered with the Children’s Specialty Center of Nevada to award donated race medals to children as they finish their cancer treatment. M4M gives race medals (half marathon, full marathon and triathlon) to children and adults undergoing treatment for serious or debilitating illnesses. The Las Vegas chapter collects medals from local athletes and repurposes them with a M4M ribbon.
Cure 4 the Kids Foundation, which provides funding for and access to medical treatment for children facing life-threatening diseases, received a $50,000 donation. The nonprofit was one of 22 recipients of the 2015 Hyundai Hope On Wheels Impact Award. The Hemophilia Treatment Center and the Children’s Specialty Center are both programs of the foundation.
The 17th annual AGEM/AGA Golf Classic presented by JCM Global raised $140,000 to support research conducted by the National Center for Responsible Gaming. The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers and the American Gaming Association have raised more than $1.5 million for the center since the event began. Other sponsors included Ainsworth, Aristocrat, Caesars Entertainment, Casino Enterprise Management Magazine, CPI, GLI, Global Gaming Expo, Hikam America, Konami, JCM Global, the National Indian Gaming Association, Patriot Gaming, Scientific Games, VSR Industries and WaffleTechnology.
Freedom House received a $200,000 donation from the Engelstad Family Foundation to expand services. The nonprofit, founded in 2010 by Iverson and Silvia Buckley, operates two housing complexes in Las Vegas that provide a structured transition for homeless people with substance-abuse issues.
Smith’s Food & Drug Stores donated 3,600 gallons of water to the WestCare Foundation, Shade Tree, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and Salvation Army. The grocery chain donated 432 gallons of milk to Three Square.
NAIOP Southern Nevada collected about $700 worth of school supplies, including pencils, pens, notebooks, erasers and rulers, for Howard Hollingsworth Elementary School.
City National Bank donated $10,000 to Touro University Nevada to help fund scholarships. City National employees collected more than 1,150 backpacks filled with school supplies for elementary schools and nonprofit groups in Nevada, California, New York, Georgia and Tennessee. Recipients in Southern Nevada were Helen Jydstrup, Jack Dailey and Paradise elementary schools.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada expanded its Bright Futures Farm and Gardens program to the John C. Kish Clubhouse. This is the groups’ third teaching-garden program. Thanks to partners, including a $15,000 donation by Barclaycard US, the club will teach approximately 400 children about healthy lifestyles, financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills.
The G. Alex Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on healthy living through tennis and wellness programs, was honored with the Firstmed Health and Wellness Center’s 2015 Community Partner of the Year Award.
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria raised more than $140,000 for No Kid Hungry during the first week of a monthlong campaign. In 2014, Grimaldi’s raised $70,000. The money is used to raise awareness about child hunger in the United States, support nutrition programs such as School Breakfast and Summer Meals, and teach kids and their families how to cook healthy dishes with limited resources.
State Farm donated $10,000 to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety’s Zero Teen Fatalities program.
Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace won its seventh Gold Plate donor award for contributing more than $11,000 to Three Square during the charity’s annual Restaurant Week.
Simeon Ndihokubwayo and Ada Koricuzi received the keys to a Habitat for Humanity home, built with help from Desert Spring United Methodist Church. It was Habitat for Humanity’s first two-story home in Clark County.
Vegas PBS helped Mariana’s Supermarkets give 3,000 backpacks to local children.
Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School’s Business Advisory Council donated $53,000 for a technology package in the school’s new Crusader Justice and Advocacy Mock Trial Courtroom.
Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas raised $500 for the Nevada SPCA.