Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada added four board members: Dustin Engel, senior vice president at Merrill Lynch; Craig Fjelsted, vice president of taxation at Caesars Entertainment; Dr. Ati Hakimi, founder and CEO at Vegas Direct Primary Care; and Reece Oswalt, associate superintendent at the Clark County School District. Board terms extend through December 31, 2025. Candlelighters serves approximately 400 families locally and 1,200 children, both siblings and diagnosed children, each year.
City National Bank provided Nevada HAND and Assistance League of Las Vegas with Community Reinvestment Act Grants totaling $10,000. The funds will enhance their work and allow them to better deliver services to those in need. City National contributes financial, in-kind and volunteer assistance to nonprofit institutions and organizations that enhance the quality of life and promote public interest where the company conducts its business. The main areas of the bank’s community outreach include education, health and human services, community development, and arts and culture.
Two new members recently joined the administrative team at the United Way of Southern Nevada: Zina Allen, vice president of human resources; and Rich Robinov, vice president of marketing. Their knowledge and experience in their respective fields is a welcome addition to the United Way leadership team.
Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth was awarded two federal grants totaling $1,350,000.
Twenty-nine local nonprofits have received more than $193,000 in Cox Charities grants to support programs that serve Southern Nevadans. Cox Charities, the philanthropic arm of Cox Las Vegas, has awarded more than $2.8 million in grants in Southern Nevada over the past 15 years.
Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Foundation each received $25,000 from proceeds generated by the annual Cox Charities Golf Tournament. Three additional nonprofits received grants from tournament proceeds, including $20,000 to the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, $15,000 to SafeNest and $7,353 to Leaders in Training. A total of $101,000 was awarded to nonprofits as a direct result of Cox’s employee contributions. The 2022 grant recipients include: After-School All-Stars Las Vegas; Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada; Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada; Communities In Schools of Nevada; Discovery Children’s Museum; Foundation to Assist Young Musicians; Goodie Two Shoes Foundation; Green Our Planet; Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada; Las Vegas Clark County Library District Foundation; Leaders in Training; Lend a Hand of Boulder City; Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation: Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth; Operation Homefront; Public Education Foundation; Refuge for Women; Springs Preserve Foundation; Tech Impact; the Just One Project; the Neon Museum; the Pride Tree; the Salvation Army; the Shade Tree; Three Square; United Service Organizations Inc.; Vegas PBS and Veterans Care Charity.
The Nevada chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation looks to brighten Christmas for eight families in need this holiday season. The chapter has created Amazon wish lists in each of Santa’s reindeers’ names to represent each family. Those looking to support a family can adopt an entire family and fulfill their wish list or order presents directly through the Amazon list. Donors may also donate to the organization and specify gift cards or cash donations be made toward the Adopt-A-Family program to support teenagers and other family members not looking for toys this season.
Southern Nevada-based education organizations Serving Our Kids and Communities In Schools of Southern Nevada are expanding their efforts to increase the resources available to students thanks to a combined $200,000 donation from Google. The donation to Serving Our Kids will cover costs to provide 800 children with a weekly, weekend meal bag during the school year.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas will break ground on a second Ronald McDonald House on December 13. A second house will eliminate a long waiting list for families with critically ill children in Las Vegas who have nowhere to stay. And a first-of-its-kind design will provide an innovative approach to housing families during pandemic surges.
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