Hope For The City announced a partnership with The Maxx Crosby Foundation, whose commitment will tackle hunger, support youth drug prevention, and uplift more than 100,000 local children and families. This gift will deliver food, resources and hope to vulnerable people all year long. The foundation is also joining the starting lineup as a title sponsor of the Electric City Light Show, a drive-thru holiday experience running in Las Vegas from November 12 through January 4.
WOW Carwash delivered more than $3,500 of school supplies to Charles Silvestri Junior High School in Las Vegas. The partnership is the first of WOW’s Adopt A School program.
Tutor Perini Building Corporation announced a new leadership team. Mike Cherwin has been appointed president, bringing over 30 years of experience delivering large-scale hospitality and gaming, high-rise residential, and advanced manufacturing projects throughout the western United States. Chris Cosenza joins as vice president of business development; Chris Casuga is vice president of preconstruction services.
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada hosted its 27th annual Halloween Bash, in partnership with Ellis Island Casino & Hotel, welcoming more than 650 children and families for celebration at Grand Prix Plaza. Families enjoyed trunk-or-treating, carnival games, prizes, rides, food and music, all set between Turns 2 and 3 of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit. The event provides children facing cancer a chance to simply be kids again, connecting away from treatment and hospitals. Since its inception, the Halloween Bash has raised more than $1.2 million to support Candlelighters families, with this year’s event raising over $280,000. More than 50 individuals and organizations sponsored the event, including Hannah Lu Hodgman, 1Care Hospice, Dana White, Thomas Dermatology, Tito & Sandee Tiberti, Fowler Electric, Konami Gaming and Par 3 Landscaping.
The Athletics teamed up with the Public Education Foundation and Clark County School District Book Bus to bring books, school supplies and smiles to students and teachers at Iverson Elementary School. Team representatives assembled and delivered Classroom in a Box kits to teachers, filled with supplies for 30 students. The A’s presented the supplies to administrators and then provided students with bags of team swag. Each student selected two free books to take home. A’s broadcaster Chris Caray and team mascot Stomper led the celebration, delivering supplies and even joining students for recess.
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