Six local Make-A-Wish kids, aged 10 to 14, received their wish to meet the Vegas Golden Knights during a two-day wish experience at City National Arena. They attended a pre-practice breakfast with members of the team, received a special guided tour of the facility and free VGK swag, and sounded the siren at the March 3 game against the New Jersey Devils in a party suite with complimentary food and beverage from Levy Hospitality.
Claggett & Sykes Law Firm announced its continued support of HELP of Southern Nevada and will be the title sponsor of the agency’s 50th celebration.
AutomotiveMastermind, part of IHS Markit and a provider of predictive analytics and marketing automation solutions for dealerships and manufacturers, donated $10,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas. It donated $100 for each dealership that participated in a product demonstration of the company’s sales platform, Market EyeQ, during the 2020 National Automobile Dealers Association Show.
City National Bank donated $2,500 to After-School All-Stars in support of the organization’s comprehensive after school programs. Additionally, City National donated $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas as part of its national build initiative in which the bank donated nearly $400,000 to Habitat nationally. City National colleagues also took part in a build project in Henderson, donating their time helping construct two homes.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada received a $2,000 donation from Firehouse World for the construction and maintenance of its Nevada Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial. The memorial will serve as a tribute to the men and women who gave their lives to protect their fellow Nevadans.
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada is expanding its DigiMart Food Pantry, an online digital food pantry that enables people to order food online, from 750 square feet to 3,058 square feet. The pantry provides food-insecure Southern Nevadans with access to fruits, vegetables and other groceries.
Sansone Companies, a local family-owned development company, donated $10,000 to the Nevada Ballet Theatre at the annual Black and White Ball. The donation will help support the professional company, its affiliated school, the Academy of Nevada Ballet Theatre, and its many education and outreach programs that serve over 20,000 students including those from at-risk communities.
Kre8 Media Outdoor Advertising partnered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to educate people on Las Vegas Boulevard about missing and exploited children, and other quality-of-life issues. A Kre8 mobile billboard truck displayed 13 digital public service announcements, which earned approximately 160,000 impressions.
Pinkbox Doughnuts and Siegel Cares delivered more than 300 dozen free doughnuts to health care providers and first responders at Valley Health System hospitals, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department area commands, Clark County Fire Department stations, all Henderson and North Las Vegas police and fire stations, major hospitals throughout the Valley and Share Village, formerly Veterans Village.
The Salvation Army Southern Nevada received food donations from Wynn Las Vegas and The Church LV. As Wynn emptied its coolers and pantries, it provided thousands of dollars in fresh produce that Salvation Army used in its kitchens to help serve 150-200 hot meals to residential clients three times each day. The Church LV delivered hundreds of burgers from Shake Shack to support the Salvation Army’s new sack lunch program for homeless and anyone else in the community who is hungry.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society named its 2020 Student of the Year winner after a seven-week campaign in the fight to end blood cancer. Sidra Wohlwend, a junior at Coronado High School, took the top award as the 2020 Student of the Year. Second place went to Isabella Saunders of the Adelson Educational Campus and third place went to co-candidates Angelo Sapien of the Las Vegas Academy of Arts and Katherine Rojas-Barreto of Desert Oasis High School. Together, all the candidates along with their teams raised $264,448 in seven weeks.
Sahara Las Vegas hosted a team member food distribution event in which employees received complimentary bags of groceries, including milk, eggs, cheese, beverages and fresh fruits and vegetables, in support of those affected by the mandatory closures related to the COVID-19 crisis. More than 500 employees received over 15 pallets of supplies, and leftover food was donated to Three Square to support its Emergency Food Distribution Strategy.
Ethel M Chocolates is using social media to encourage followers to tag selfless superheroes working for a hospital, pharmacy, trucking company, school, grocery store, restaurant, sanitation company or anywhere else that is keeping America moving during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will then randomly select 200 heroes to receive a special chocolate care package. Additionally through April 30, Ethel M is partnering with Three Square to donate $1 for every online transaction at ethelm.com.