For more than 43 years, the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund has provided economically and physically challenged children the opportunity to go to summer camp.
For many of these children, it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that has a profound effect on their lives. All come from low-income homes, many from single-parent families, while others are foster children who have no permanent home and are enriched socially and emotionally by interacting with other children at summer camp.
One-hundred percent of the money donated to the Sun Summer Camp Fund goes directly toward camperships. The Las Vegas Sun absorbs all administrative expenses for the Sun Summer Camp Fund, which is a 501(c)3 organization. All contributions are tax-deductable.
As Southern Nevada has grown, so have the needs of it's children. Please help give a child the opportunity for a great summer camp experience.
Family therapist Cheryl Erwin discusses how to talk to your children about school violence and bullying in the wake of the Sparks Middle School shooting. And Nevada's AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Danny Thompson on immigration reform, Obamacare and the margins tax.
Two state senators who sit on the money committee discuss the dire situation the federal government shutdown puts Nevada in. And a furloughed worker talks about the uncertainty of his next paycheck.
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Senate Majority Leader Mo Denis on driver authorization cards, zoom schools and why his caucus won't take a position on the margins tax ballot initiative. Also, political scientist David Damore on the Latino vote and Gov. Sandoval's chances of hitting his goal of 50 percent of the Latino vote next year.
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Former U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan on Syria and the director of the Silver State Health Exchange on the looming individual mandate for health insurance under Obamacare.
Republican National Committeeman James Smack argues Vegas is the place for the next GOP convention and the director of the Nevada Nuclear Projects Agency discusses the next front in the battle against Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository.
Reno City Councilwoman Jenny Brekhus on medical marijuana dispensaries at Rep. Mark Amodei on the debt ceiling, sage grouse and the looming fight on Yucca Mountain.
Washoe County School Trustee Barbara Clark defends quest for a tax hike for school maintenance in wake of report detailing problems overseeing how capital improvement money is now spent. Financial Guidance Center CEO Michele Johnson on one-stop-shop for troubled homeowners.
Veteran college president Carol Lucey on why she called it quits after seeing her budget cut yet again even as the economy recovers and Reno City Manager Andrew Clinger on the parking meter boondoggle, medical marijuana and the "new normal" with the city budget.
Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison talk about his bid for the key 2014 race and political scientist Eric Herzik games out the scenarios shaping up for the next election year.
U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., on what will happen with immigration legislation in the Republican controlled House, whether or not he'll run for re-election and the student loan interest rate stalemate.
Carson City marriage equality advocates-- together for 40 years-- Mary Baranovich and Bevery Sevcik discuss the Supreme Court's rulings and Washoe County Commissioner Marsha Berkbigler on medical marijuana and the uncertain fate of the Washoe County schools tax.
Taxicab Authority officer LaMons Walker gives a tour of the new bicycle for a small patrol pilot program, including a demonstration of its lighting system and siren.